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Campaign Trails
Booing the Yankees in the Bronx September 2009

Issue of the Week
Serving Up the Public Advocate August 2009

Campaign Trails
In Eastern Queens, A Weprin Wants to Change Jobs August 2009

Feature
Housing Bias Persists, Fueled by the Internet August 2009
Campaign Coverage August 2009

Issue of the Week
The 63rd Senator August 2009

Campaign Trails
Drumming Up Support in the Heights August 2009
Debating Who Can Best Preserve Northeast Queens August 2009
Closed Hospital Plays Key Role in Jackson Heights Race August 2009

Immigrants
Museum of Chinese in America Gets a New Home August 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Requires Pharmacies to Translate August 2009

Law
State Now Protects Jobs of Domestic Violence Victims August 2009

Campaign Trails
In Lower Manhattan, an Incumbent Fights for His Seat August 2009
Eight Candidates Run in a District Marked by Change August 2009
Two Challengers Take on the Speaker August 2009
Atlantic Yards Dominates Debate in District 35 August 2009
Gowanus Canal Looms over District 39 Race August 2009

Feature
Democratic Mayoral Candidates Would Plan from the Bottom Up August 2009

Transportation
Tunnel Vision August 2009

Waterfront
A Public-slash-Private Park August 2009

Parks
National Parkland Not on Radar August 2009

Issue of the Week
Waiting to Wade August 2009

Feature
Communities Drowned Out August 2009

Public Finance
The Comptroller Reality vs. the Chancellor's Reality August 2009

Issue of the Week
Albany Aftershocks August 2009


New York's Now Beleaguered Financial Workforce - Tables August 2009

Feature
New York's Now Beleaguered Financial Workforce August 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Coney Island Gets a Facelift July 2009

Community Development
Closing the Landmarks Loophole July 2009

Issue of the Week
Tony the Stowaway July 2009

Feature
A Rough Ride Awaits New MTA Chief July 2009

Eye on Albany
Dividing Albany's Pork Pie July 2009
Bringing Home the Pork July 2009

Land Use
As Trade Center Plans Falter, City Could Have a Sense of Deja Vu July 2009

Law
A Legal Victory for Tenants July 2009

Issue of the Week
The Race to Fill Morgenthau's Shoes July 2009

Children
Parents in Prison, Children in Foster Care July 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Replacing Miguel Martinez July 2009

Housing
Unlocking the Apartment 'Warehouse' July 2009

Health
An Outer Borough Drought July 2009

Eye on Albany
A Fractured Senate Takes on Mayoral Control of Schools July 2009

The Citizen
The Citizen July 2009

Issue of the Week
Bump the Birds July 2009

Arts
Recession Adds New Meaning to 'Struggling Artist' July 2009

Feature
Saving Arts Education from Politics July 2009

Eye on Albany
Amid Fireworks, the Senate Stalemate Continues July 2009
After the Deadline... July 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Forgiving Penalties, Observing Muslim Holidays July 2009

Governing
Getting on the Ballot in Other Cities June 2009

Law
'Political Intrigue' in a Personal Injury Case June 2009

Governing
Understanding the Labyrinth: New York's Ballot Access Laws June 2009

Feature
Unemployed in New York June 2009

Issue of the Week
The King of Discretionary Dollars June 2009

Public Finance
Coming Soon: Deeper City Deficits June 2009

Parks
Good Parks Are Good for the Economy June 2009

Eye on Albany
As Time Runs Out, Paterson Tries to End the Deadlock June 2009

Issue of the Week
Band-Aid Budget June 2009

Feature
Foreclosure Threat Looms over Thousands of City Apartments June 2009

Issue of the Week
City Left on the Sidelines as Senators Feud June 2009

Feature
Doling Out Pork June 2009

Issue of the Week
Who Got What - FY 2010 June 2009

Demographics
Documenting the Undocumented June 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Council and Mayor Reach Budget Deal June 2009

Eye on Albany
Senate Turmoil Puts Everything in Doubt June 2009

Feature
40 Years After Stonewall: New York's Role in the Movement June 2009

Technology
Calling Home -- and Losing Minutes June 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Dumbo's Dock Street Project Approved June 2009

Issue of the Week
Endangered Community Boards June 2009

Feature
Staying Out of Jail -- and in Upper Manhattan June 2009

Eye on Albany
Legal Ruling Puts a Cork on the Bottle Bill June 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Council and Mayor Reach Revenue Deal June 2009

Immigrants
Breaking Down Barriers in the Fight Against Domestic Violence June 2009

Issue of the Week
Pedro Espada's New Clout June 2009

Feature
The Citizen: Sotomayor's Impact June 2009

Health
Public Hospitals in Critical Condition May 2009

Feature
Zoning without Planning May 2009

Issue of the Week
Toxic Town May 2009


On the Gowanus, Say 'No' to Superfund May 2009

Sustainability Watch
Brooklyn's Lavender Lake Needs Superfund May 2009
The Brooklyn-Queens Border: As Polluted as Ever May 2009

Environment
Staten Island's Toxic Stew May 2009

Law
Court Limits Aid to Aged and Disabled May 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Keeping Eyes on the Tenant Watch List May 2009

Public Finance
The Regressive Effects of a Sale Tax Increase May 2009


The Department of Education's Power Grip May 2009
In Charge and Unaccountable May 2009

Feature
The Great School Debate May 2009


Making Joel Klein Behave May 2009
The Limits of Democracy May 2009
Beyond Governance -- Creating a Constitution for City Schools May 2009

Issue of the Week
New York's Gun Battle May 2009

Governing
Where Is New York's Lieutenant Governor? May 2009

Community Development
Gold from the Faucet May 2009

Feature
Will the Bailout Plan Save the MTA? May 2009

Issue of the Week
Bill Thompson Hopes for an Upset May 2009

Eye on Albany
Bills Seek to Help Women Prisoners Rebuild Lives May 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Scratching Out Etching Acid May 2009

Civil Rights
A Retreat on False Arrests from Chelsea to Bushwick May 2009

Issue of the Week
Bloomberg's Budget Revival May 2009

Feature
A Cliffhanger for New York's Film Industry May 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Role Reversal: Contributions from Candidates April 2009

Eye on Albany
On the MTA, Leaders Will Take What They Can Get April 2009
The End of the Rockefeller Era April 2009

Measuring Up
The Mayor's High Stakes Test April 2009

Public Finance
Why Property Taxes Rise While Real Estate Falls April 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
City Gears Up for Green Buildings April 2009

Arts
Summer Concerts Plan to Play On April 2009

Transportation
Making Bikes a Key Part of New York's Transportation Mix April 2009

The Citizen
The Citizen April 2009

Immigrants
Chinatown Looks for a Way to Survive and Thrive April 2009

Issue of the Week
Failed Justice: Convicted but Innocent April 2009

Eye on Albany
The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage April 2009

Environment
Cleaning Up Pollution at New York's Ports April 2009

Governing
The Legislature Takes on Election Reform April 2009

Parks
Yankee Stadium Is Opening but Not the Parks April 2009

Eye on Albany
Even in Hard Times, Albany Offers a Feast of Pork April 2009

Feature
A Tangle of Problems Links Prison, Foster Care April 2009

Issue of the Week
The Bronx Family Feud April 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Tracking Stimulus and Unattended Idlers April 2009

Education
Learning Another Language April 2009

Issue of the Week
Home Shops: 'One Stop' on the Road to Foreclosure April 2009

Social Services
City Faces a Rising Demand for Food Stamps April 2009

Feature
Breaking the Feast or Famine Tax Cycle April 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Council Moves to Protect Access to Clinics April 2009

Eye on Albany
What the State Budget Means for the City April 2009

Feature
Small Business: Suffering in Good Times and Bad March 2009

Issue of the Week
In Albany, Budget Battles Behind Closed Doors March 2009

Transportation
Punishing Drivers Who Kill March 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Council Extends Rent Stabilization March 2009

Immigrants
City, State Do Little to Address Female Genital Cutting March 2009

Issue of the Week
Keeping New York Afloat March 2009


Finance for the Future March 2009
Cutting Back -- Except for Transit March 2009
Keeping the Middle Class March 2009
Working to Help New York Recover March 2009
Tax Justice in a New Economy March 2009
Using Tax Incentives Wisely March 2009

Public Finance
How to Plug the Growing Budget Gap March 2009

The Citizen
The Citizen March 2009

Law
Court Limits 'Today Only' Plea Bargains March 2009

Eye on Albany
With Clock Ticking, Senate Plan Does Little to End MTA Impasse March 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Priced Out: Council Looks to Keep Apartments Affordable March 2009

Issue of the Week
New Debates Over Church, State, School and Charters March 2009

Housing
How to Fight an International Landlord March 2009

Feature
Cutting Back on Democracy March 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Council Takes a Bite Out of Bed Bugs March 2009

Eye on Albany
The Tough Battle to Repeal Tough Drug Laws March 2009


Council Committee Frequency March 2009

Environment
Stimulating a Cleaner Environment March 2009

Issue of the Week
A City Council Scorecard: Who's Engaged and Who's Not? March 2009

Governing
Special Elections: Better than the Alternative? March 2009

Eye on Albany
Plan to Toll Bridges Encounters More Roadblocks March 2009

Health
A Food Policy for New York March 2009

Parks
Budget Takes an Ax to Programs for Open Space March 2009

Issue of the Week
Rural Legislator, City Issue: How Upstaters Decide March 2009

Law
Court Upholds a Hole in 'Safety Net' March 2009

Feature
Trying to Keep Abusive Teens from Becoming Abusive Adults March 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Clerk Battle and Food Allergies February 2009

Immigrants
Recession Dims American Dream for Business Students February 2009

Community Development
Offering New Businesses a Place to Grow February 2009

Demographics
New York and the Fight Over the 2010 Census February 2009

Issue of the Week
Confronting the Condo Glut February 2009

The Citizen
The Citizen February 2009

Eye on Albany
Taxing the Rich: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? February 2009

Feature
Creative Ways to Tax and Cut February 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Another State of the City February 2009

Measuring Up
A Budget Expert Looks at the Numbers February 2009


Complicated Calculus in Race to Replace Monserrate February 2009
Personality, Not Policy Marks Debate in South Queens February 2009
On the North Shore, Candidates Seek to Ease Traffic February 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Residency Redux and Inspecting Water Tanks February 2009

Eye on Albany
A Call for Tighter Ethics Laws February 2009

Measuring Up
Meet the Independent Budget Office February 2009

Transportation
Bike Lanes Run into Opposition February 2009

Issue of the Week
Fix the Budget February 2009

Feature
Free Buses, Cheaper Subways -- and a Solution to New York's Traffic February 2009

Eye on Albany
Trying -- Again -- to Change the Drug Laws February 2009

Technology
Finding a Converter Box Before the Big Switch February 2009

Eye on Albany
Paterson's Bitter Pill February 2009

Feature
How to Balance the State Budget February 2009

Issue of the Week
An Election Year Budget February 2009

Civil Rights
Police Charged with False Arrests of Gay Men at Adult Video Stores February 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Shutting Engines At Schools January 2009

Governing
Making Voting Easier January 2009

Housing
Will the State Senate Save Rent Control? January 2009

Feature
Scaling Back Free Parking Privileges January 2009

Issue of the Week
What's Happened to the Plant in the Park January 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: From Parking to Playgrounds January 2009

Law
Protection for Abuse Victims January 2009

Economy
The Obama Stimulus: An $825 Billion First Step January 2009

The Citizen
The Citizen January 2009

Issue of the Week
Paying Attention to Cities January 2009
Infrastructure Investments that Make Sense January 2009

Eye on Albany
The Senate Looks at How It Operates January 2009

Issue of the Week
From Gas Guzzling Cars to Clean Buses January 2009
Using This Crisis to Prevent the Next One January 2009
Can Obama Help Save New York? January 2009

Immigrants
Asian Americans: A Growing Force in City Politics January 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
A Recovery Package From Bloomberg January 2009

Public Finance
The Budget Outlook Goes from Bad to Worse January 2009

Feature
Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City's Watershed. January 2009

Issue of the Week
The Democrats Take Albany January 2009

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Council Approves Firearm Reporting January 2009

Issue of the Week
The 2009 Race: How Term Limits Changed the Political Landscape January 2009

Feature
A New Name for Our Premier Waterway January 2009

Law
Going Beyond the Maximum in a Gun Case December 2008

Feature
Looking Ahead to the New Year December 2008

Issue of the Week
Top New York Stories of 2008 December 2008

Parks
A Federal Stimulus for City Parks December 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
The Council Passes Budget Cuts December 2008

Public Finance
New Yorkers Rate Their Government December 2008

Arts
Cultural Groups Wonder Just How Bad Things Will Get December 2008

Feature
Paying for Transit: Fares or Fees, Tolls or Taxes? December 2008

Issue of the Week
From Wall Street to Taxi Stand: The Recession Trickles Down December 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Tax Bills on the Floor December 2008

Housing
Can Private Methods Save Public Housing? December 2008

Immigrants
Delivering Better Pay December 2008

Feature
The Citizen December 2008

Issue of the Week
Avoiding Charities With Coal-Filled Stockings December 2008

Technology
The Fight Over Broadcasting's 'White Space' December 2008

Eye on Albany
Advancing Rights December 2008

Environment
A Changing Climate on Global Warming: What the Election Means December 2008

Issue of the Week
Budget Battle: Round 1 December 2008

Public Finance
The Mayor's Budget-Cutting Strategy November 2008

Community Development
Working for a Greener Harlem November 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
The Public Speaks on Budget Cuts November 2008

Eye on Albany
The Senate's Demographic Shift November 2008

Parks
From the West Side: A 'Roadmap' for City Streets November 2008

Issue of the Week
Where the Cuts Come From November 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Trendy, Endangered Neighborhood Rezoned November 2008

Economy
After the Meltdown: New York's Future November 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Queens Development Plans Approved November 2008

Education
Choosing Sides in the Fight Over Schools November 2008

Feature
Stimulus Money: The Downturn's Silver Lining? November 2008

Issue of the Week
The Council's Income November 2008
The Conflicts at the Conflicts of Interest Board November 2008

Feature
The Other Power Shift November 2008

Eye on Albany
Longtime Incumbent Seeks Two More Years November 2008
Staten Island 61st Assembly District: Titone Tries for a Full Term November 2008
Staten Island 60th Assembly District: A Swing Seat November 2008
Bronx/Manhattan 28th Senate District: A Serrano in the Seat November 2008
Staten Island 24th Senate District: Seeking Re-election in a GOP Stronghold November 2008
Election Results 2008 - General November 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Term Limits Extension Gets Final Signature November 2008

Eye on Albany
Bronx 84th Assembly District: Arroyo Seeks Another Term November 2008
Bronx 82nd Assembly District: A Three-peat in the Northeast November 2008
Staten Island 63rd Assembly District: Running on Four Lines November 2008
Staten Island 62nd Assembly District: Going for a Full Term on the South Shore November 2008
Bronx 32nd Senate District: Running from Both Sides of the Fence November 2008
Bronx/Manhattan 31st Senate District: Surviving in a Different District November 2008
Bronx/Manhattan 31st Senate District: Surviving in a Different District November 2008
Queens 30th Assembly District: Running from a Flower Shop November 2008
Queens 28th Assembly District: A Republican Tries Again November 2008
Queens 26th Assembly District: A Low-Budget Race in Bayside November 2008
Queens 23rd Assembly District: Running Against Albany November 2008
Queens 12th Senate District: 25 Years in Albany November 2008

The Citizen
It's the Economy November 2008

Immigrants
Immigrants Confront the Recession November 2008

Eye on Albany
Brooklyn/Staten Island 24th Senate: Red Borough, Blue District November 2008
Bronx 81st Assembly District: A Challenger Hangs On November 2008
Bronx 80th Assembly District: Rivera Faces Two Opponents November 2008
Bronx Assembly District 78: Rivera's Easier Contest November 2008
A Third Round in Highbridge November 2008
A 22-Year-Old Seeks to Topple a Veteran November 2008
Kavanagh Seeks to End the Turnover November 2008
GOP Hits Snags in the Silk Stocking District November 2008
Party Leader Runs Again November 2008
Jeffries Seeks a Second Term November 2008
Former Councilmember Seeks to Remain in Assembly November 2008
A Familiar Contest in Bushwick November 2008
Challenging the Party Chief November 2008
Schools, Environment Issues in Brownstone District November 2008
A Three-Way Race in Sunset Park November 2008
Party Activist Looks for Upset November 2008
Businesswoman Challenges Incumbent November 2008
More than $1 Million for an Easy Race November 2008
Veteran Challenges Former Teacher November 2008
Challenger's Campaign Fades November 2008

Parks
A Property Tax for Parks? October 2008

Law
First Amendment Rights and the Classroom October 2008

Issue of the Week
Guide for the Last Minute Voter October 2008

Eye on Albany
Brooklyn State Assembly District 46: Former Staffer Challenges an Incumbent October 2008
Bronx Assembly District 76: A Frequent Candidate Tries Again October 2008
Manhattan Assembly District 68: Powell Faces Two Challengers October 2008
Manhattan Assembly District 67: A Former Nadler Aide vs. a Former Nadler Opponent October 2008
Manhattan Assembly District 65: New Incumbent Seeks a Full Term October 2008
Manhattan Assembly District 44: Longtime Incumbent Faces a Party Activist October 2008
Brooklyn Assembly District 43: Trying for a Full Term in Crown Heights October 2008
Brooklyn Assembly District 41: Going for Three Decades in Office October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 17: A Second Round in Northern Brooklyn October 2008
Bronx Senate District 36: Rematch in the Bronx October 2008
Bronx Senate District 34: Klein Goes for Three October 2008
Bronx Senate District 33: Espada's New Clout October 2008
Manhattan Senate District 32: Duane Faces Little Known Challenger October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 27: Brighton Beach's $1.8 Million Man October 2008
Manhattan Senate District 25: A Republican Tries to Beat the Odds October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 20: Adams Seeks Re-election October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 19: Sampson Seeks Another Term October 2008
Brooklyn Senate District 18: Looking for a Landslide? October 2008
Queens Senate District 11: A GOP Incumbent Seeks to Turn Back a Democratic Tide October 2008

Feature
And the Winner Is ... October 2008

Demographics
A Shift in Albany Could Avert Higher Rents October 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Approves Term Limits Extension October 2008

Crime and Safety
A President's New York Prosecutors October 2008

Environment
Candidates Offer Different Plans to Cool Climate Change October 2008

Health
The Candidates' Prescriptions October 2008

Public Finance
Amid Economic Turmoil, the Candidates Talk Taxes October 2008

Issue of the Week
Educating Children with Special Needs October 2008
What The Candidates Can't Do October 2008
Beyond the Rhetoric of Change October 2008
Sad Times Call for a Bit of Optimism October 2008
The Fading of the American Dream October 2008

Land Use
The McCain-Obama Mismatch on Urban Policy October 2008

Feature
For Council, Another Term Holds Risks and Rewards October 2008

Issue of the Week
Small Town Values in a Big City Election October 2008

Civil Rights
Term Limits as a Voting Right Issue October 2008

Social Services
A City's New Poverty Guidelines October 2008

Issue of the Week
Tackling Campaign Finance Reform October 2008

Feature
Brooklyn's Retail Boom October 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Waterfronts and East Harlem October 2008

Transportation
Federal Transportation Spending: Pork or Priority? October 2008

Feature
Comparing Proposals on Term Limits October 2008

Issue of the Week
Economic Fallout October 2008

Feature
Make That Three: Bloomberg's Reelection Bid October 2008


Poll: Should Bloomberg Seek a Third Term? October 2008

Public Finance
Looking at the Record: Taxes and Homelessness September 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Tax Breaks for Industry September 2008

Immigrants
A New Push to Let Non-Citizens Vote September 2008

Issue of the Week
Preparing for the Great New York Earthquake September 2008

Feature
The Citizen September 2008

Law
Rights and Recognition for Same-Sex Marriage September 2008

Technology
The Fight for New York Televisions September 2008

Parks
From Parking Space to People Place September 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Disclosure Bill's Uncertain Future September 2008

Issue of the Week
The Long Fight to End Homelessness September 2008
Getting Families Out of Shelters and Into Homes September 2008
Fighting Homelessness in Miami September 2008
Handing Out to the Homeless September 2008
On Track to Ending Homelessness September 2008
For Homelessness, Prevention is the Best Medicine September 2008

Feature
The End of Wall Street as We Know It September 2008

Transportation
The Downside of Low-Cost Buses September 2008

Housing
Cutting the High Cost of Housing September 2008

Feature
Third Term's The Charm September 2008

Arts
A Vanishing Culture? September 2008

Health
After 7 Years, Breathing Ailments Persist September 2008

Feature
The Question Mark Over Fiterman Hall September 2008
2008 Primary Results September 2008

Land Use
Rebuilding Ground Zero: Long-term Costs of Short-term Planning September 2008

Issue of the Week
Seven Years Later September 2008

Feature
Meeting the Gray Wave September 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Crane Safety Beefed Up September 2008

Education
The Three C's: Condos, Classrooms and Crowding September 2008

Eye on Albany
Guide for the Last Minute Voter: The 2008 Primary September 2008
A Feud in Flushing September 2008

Feature
A Long-time Incumbent in a Changing District September 2008
A Battle for the Ballot in Flushing September 2008
The Return of Allan Jennings September 2008

Eye on Albany
Filling a Last-Minute Vacancy September 2008
A Factional Split in the Southeast Bronx September 2008
Going Head to Head in Morrisania September 2008
The Organization Chases a Rainbow September 2008
A Second Chance in Canarsie September 2008
Taking on the Brownsville Dynasty September 2008
Running Under Indictment in the West Bronx September 2008

Feature
A Longtime Incumbent Faces Another Challenger September 2008

The Citizen
The Citizen August 2008

Demographics
Harlem's Shifting Population August 2008
An Affluent, White Harlem? August 2008

Issue of the Week
Reshaping the City: Who's Being Heard -- and Why? August 2008

Feature
GOP Divisions Could Make Staten Island Blue August 2008

Transportation
Encouraging New Yorkers to Park -- and Drive August 2008

Community Development
Bringing 'Green Collar' Jobs to the South Bronx August 2008

Issue of the Week
Finding Your Way Around New York's News August 2008

Immigrants
English Learners Left Behind August 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Cooling City Streets August 2008

Issue of the Week
A New New Yorker's Reference Guide August 2008

Land Use
Climate Change Could Threaten a Green Willets Point August 2008

Education
At Law School, Middle School Students Get on the Case August 2008

Feature
In East New York, Corruption Creates an Open Seat August 2008

Eye on Albany
In Queens, a Race to Control the Senate August 2008

Issue of the Week
Invasion of New York August 2008
Know Your Invasive Critters August 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Prayer or Violation? The City Council's Invocation August 2008

Parks
Fighting the Asian Long-Horned Beetle August 2008

Public Finance
In the Face of Fiscal Uncertainty, the City Stays Calm August 2008

Issue of the Week
When Foster Children Become Pregnant August 2008

Technology
Lost in the PDFs: Getting City Data August 2008

Feature
Those Restaurant Calorie Counts: Too Good to Be True? August 2008

Issue of the Week
Giving Foster Teens a Place to Call Home August 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: From Saving Energy to Preventing Choking August 2008

Governing
In New York, Those in Power, Stay in Power August 2008

Civil Rights
The State of Civil Liberties July 2008

Law
Guns, the Supreme Court and New York July 2008

Issue of the Week
Coney Island's Latest Roller Coaster Ride July 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Construction Legislation Moves Forward July 2008

Feature
From Yesterday's Supper to Tomorrow's 'Black Gold' July 2008

Issue of the Week
Whistle While You Work July 2008
The Bronx's Secret Shore July 2008

Waterfront
On the Beaches July 2008

Immigrants
Language Barrier Begins to Fall at City Hospitals July 2008

Issue of the Week
Keeping City Beaches Safe and Clean July 2008

Economy
Where the City Can Find $200 Million July 2008

Issue of the Week
New York's Best and Worst Beaches July 2008

Feature
The City Economy: Facing the Nation's Woes July 2008

Parks
The Future of Ridgewood Reservoir: Birds or Baseball? July 2008

Transportation
Making Way for New York's Scooter Surge July 2008


Let the Challenges Begin July 2008

Feature
A Battle Over Reform in Manhattan and Brooklyn July 2008

Issue of the Week
On to the Primary July 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Measuring Constituent Complaints: Round One July 2008


In Flatbush, Running with Baggage July 2008

Public Finance
Mayor Bests the Council in Latest Budget Battles July 2008

Issue of the Week
Discretionary Spending: FY09 July 2008
The Perks of Leadership: Who Got What in 2009 July 2008

Feature
Saving Energy, Affordable Housing -- and the Planet July 2008

Environment
How the City Has Reduced Soot July 2008

Law
Facing Evictions -- Without the Right to Counsel June 2008

Issue of the Week
Forgotten Handshakes: The '09 Budget June 2008

Feature
Running Against Albany on Manhattan's Lower East Side June 2008

Governing
Voter Identification Laws: Safeguard or Barrier? June 2008

Demographics
The School Divide Starts at Kindergarten June 2008

Housing
Preserving Public Housing that Works June 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Street Vending to School Parking June 2008

Feature
In the Heights: Vitality and Diversity at Manhattan's Tip June 2008

Issue of the Week
A House Divided in Washington Heights June 2008
A Tougher Year for Incumbents June 2008

Transportation
Albany Puts the Brakes on Faster Buses June 2008

Immigrants
The Quest for Childcare: Few Spaces, Little Information June 2008

Social Services
Keeping Former Prisoners Out of Prison June 2008

Public Finance
Juggling the Budget Surplus June 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: First Steps for Building Revisions June 2008

Issue of the Week
Public Money, Private Property: The Council's Capital Budget June 2008

Land Use
Can Planners Help New Yorkers Eat Better? June 2008

Education
The Autism Gap June 2008

Measuring Up
The Past and Future of Sustainability June 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Safety on Site -- or In Sight? June 2008

Civil Rights
Puffing Up Marijuana Charges June 2008

Law
Protecting Incarcerated Gay and Lesbian Youth June 2008

Crime and Safety
Can New York Break Its Incarceration Habit? June 2008

Health
Rating Health Care Behind Bars June 2008

Issue of the Week
For Juveniles, Alternatives to Incarceration June 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: A New Fire Code and Surplus June 2008

Issue of the Week
Looking at Incarceration June 2008

Feature
Another Special Election June 2008

Issue of the Week
Taking the Next Steps in Juvenile Justice June 2008

Technology
What the Verizon Deal Does -- and Doesn't -- Do May 2008

Governing
Reinforcing Voting's Front Line May 2008

Sustainability Watch
A Community Plan for the 'Highway to Nowhere' May 2008

Education
Anger and Accusations Greet Budget Cuts May 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
A Better Budget Outlook… To Some May 2008

Environment
A Smoother Ride for Cycling in the City May 2008

Feature
The View from Fit City 3 May 2008

Housing
Without Major Action, Housing Crunch Will Only Get Worse May 2008

Community Development
Can Co-ops Help Close the 'Grocery Gap'? May 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: The Next Round on E-Waste May 2008

Feature
The Blending of Church and Real Estate May 2008

Issue of the Week
The Budget Maze May 2008

Education
Going Online, Digital and Interactive at the Library May 2008

Demographics
Housing Squeeze Shows No Sign of Easing May 2008

Public Finance
Checking on How Government Spends Your Money May 2008

Issue of the Week
Promoting Transparency, Protecting Non-Profits May 2008
Once Again, Quinn Tries to End the Funding Furor May 2008

Immigrants
With Rallies and Protests, Many Overseas Chinese Back the Olympics May 2008

Housing
Can New York Avoid a Foreclosure Crisis? May 2008

Transportation
Bridging Mass Transit's Budget Gap May 2008

Issue of the Week
The 2009 Budget: Drawing the Battle Lines May 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Harlem Rezoning Approved May 2008

Feature
Grading New York's Public Schools May 2008

Law
Batterers, Their Victims and the Right to Confront Witnesses April 2008

Environment
Making Black Cars Green April 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Allergens to Parade Rules April 2008

Sustainability Watch
An Unknown Urban Forest April 2008
Reclaiming the City's Abandoned Land April 2008

Issue of the Week
Real Estate Slump Hits New York April 2008

Sustainability Watch
Blocking the Sun: Solar in the City April 2008
A More Secure Way to Feed to City April 2008
Cleaning Up a Creek April 2008

Governing
Putting Public Money into Politics April 2008

Community Development
As the Economy Worsens: Helping People Find Jobs April 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Meeting Amid Scandal April 2008

Sustainability Watch
The Need for a Parks Plan April 2008
As City Grows, Affordable Housing Shrinks April 2008
Making Zero Waste Part of the Plan April 2008
Jumpstarting the Greenways System April 2008
Bridging New York's Transit Gap April 2008

Feature
Why a Bioheat Mandate? April 2008
The Dirty Side of Biodiesel April 2008

Sustainability Watch
Is the Long-term Sustainability Plan Sustainable? April 2008

Civil Rights
Reversing the Tide Against Protest April 2008

Technology
Fiber Optics: Bringing the Next Big Thing to New York April 2008

Issue of the Week
Unanswered Questions: City Council's Phantom Funds April 2008

Feature
Clearing New York City Streets April 2008
A Serious Solution for a Serious Problem April 2008
How to Fix Our Transportation Woes -- Without the Fee April 2008

Social Services
Bringing Customer Choice to Food Pantries April 2008

Immigrants
Document Jam Could Keep Immigrants from Voting April 2008

Public Finance
On the City Budget, Agreeing Not to Disagree April 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Bogus Groups in the City Budget April 2008

Issue of the Week
Reclaiming New York's Blighted Waters April 2008

Transportation
Street Closures and the Battle of Prince Street April 2008

Parks
Tracking Crime in the Parks April 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: An End to E-Waste March 2008

Crime and Safety
The High Price of Counterfeit Goods March 2008

Issue of the Week
Musical Chairs: Shuffling Seats in City Government March 2008

Feature
Taking a New Look at Discrimination in New York March 2008

Housing
Advocates Find Hope in Albany, Fear in D.C. March 2008

Law
Ending Another Form of Discrimination March 2008

Arts
One Person's Vandalism Is Another One's Art March 2008

Issue of the Week
Breaking the Gridlock on Congestion Pricing March 2008

Feature
Cleaning Up an Agency and an Accident March 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
The Council and Congestion Pricing: Part II March 2008

Governing
Follow the Count, Super Tuesday Votes Revisited March 2008

Environment
New Rules Clean Up Dirty Ships March 2008

Economy
Ten Reasons We Don't Have the Economy We Thought We Had March 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Budget Cuts and E-Waste March 2008

Feature
Aging in a New Era March 2008

Issue of the Week
And Now: The Paterson Administration March 2008

Civil Rights
Same-Sex Marriages, Death and Taxes March 2008

Public Finance
The Tough Budget Choices Ahead March 2008

Issue of the Week
A City by the Sea -- or Under It? March 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Bed Bugs to Base Jumping March 2008

Immigrants
New Year's Show Sparks Controversy March 2008

Community Development
The City Responds to the Foreclosure Crisis March 2008

Education
Time Out for Phys Ed March 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Green Carts Come to Town March 2008

Issue of the Week
Fighting the Obesity Epidemic March 2008

Feature
Fresh Food and Fresh Ideas March 2008

Issue of the Week
Opening the City's Greenmarkets March 2008

Health
Creating Healthy Bodegas March 2008

Issue of the Week
Making Fast Food A Little Healthier March 2008

Parks
Concerns Grow but the Grass Doesn't February 2008

Law
Court Rules Tenants Can't Waive Their Protections February 2008

Housing
Housing Market Faces Anxiety from Many Sources February 2008

Technology
Counting Down to the Great Television Turnover February 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
A Permanent Address: Regulating Residency Requirements at the City Council February 2008

Issue of the Week
Changing the Way the City Does Business February 2008
How to Deal with Declining Revenues February 2008
Three Steps to Keep the City's Economy Moving February 2008
Preparing for the End of the Boom February 2008
Preventing Cuts in Education February 2008
After the Boom: Looking Ahead to Tougher Times February 2008

Governing
Signs of a Sea Change In Voting February 2008

Crime and Safety
Delving the Murky World of Police Informants February 2008

Feature
Bringing Insurance to Small Business February 2008
A Seafaring Commute February 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Wasting Electronics February 2008

Issue of the Week
A Battle Brews Over Who Controls the Schools February 2008

Land Use
The Race to Develop a Toxic Waterway February 2008

Demographics
A Religious City February 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Ringing in the New Year With Legislation February 2008

Feature
The Crackdown on New York City Students February 2008

Issue of the Week
Barred Medicine: Health Care on Rikers Island February 2008

Public Finance
Tax Breaks - Who Wins and Who Loses? February 2008

Transportation
Helping Old New Yorkers Get Around Town February 2008

Immigrants
Trouble on the "Immigrant Express" February 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Housing Discrimination February 2008

Issue of the Week
Urban Issues: Where the Republican Candidates Stand February 2008
Urban Issues: Where the Democratic Candidates Stand February 2008

Health
Language Barriers at the Drugstore February 2008

Issue of the Week
The Candidates and the City February 2008

Housing
A Campaign to Strengthen Housing Laws January 2008

Law
A Legal Tool for Tenants January 2008

Economy
Stimulating the Economy January 2008

Issue of the Week
A Bad News Budget January 2008

Governing
No Party Changes Allowed January 2008

Crime and Safety
The Fight Against Street Harassment January 2008

Environment
Next Steps for Congestion Pricing January 2008

Parks
The Ferry Point Fiasco January 2008

Issue of the Week
State of the City January 2008

Children
Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health Care January 2008

Transportation
Speeding New York's Buses January 2008

Issue of the Week
Recycling Stops and Starts January 2008

Immigrants
Investing in Higher Education January 2008

Issue of the Week
Measuring the Garbage Glut January 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
Bagging Plastic Pile-Ups January 2008

Civil Rights
Race Matters in New York January 2008

Public Finance
2008: The Year the Good Times Ended? January 2008

Land Use
Setting Standards for Green Neighborhoods January 2008

Technology
Expanding Wi-Fi Beyond Manhattan January 2008

Issue of the Week
Filling New York's 'Vacancies' January 2008

Feature
A Simpler Alternative to Congestion Pricing January 2008
An Environmentalist's Wish List for 2008 January 2008

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Green Carts to Horse Carriages January 2008

Issue of the Week
How City Council Expresses Its Opinions December 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Columbia Gets Approval December 2007

Feature
Next Year's Top Stories December 2007

Demographics
Will the 2010 Census "Steal" New Yorkers? December 2007

Environment
Is 'Nalgene' Hazardous to Your Health? December 2007

Housing
Reviewing 2007, Looking Ahead to 2008 December 2007

Governing
New Voting Machines May Not Meet State Standards December 2007

Economy
Could Wall Street’s Woes Be Good for New York? December 2007

Crime and Safety
Who's Stopped? Who's Frisked? December 2007

Issue of the Week
The Big Stories of 2007 that Did Not Happen December 2007
Top Stories of 2007 December 2007


Could Wall Street’s Woes Be Good for New York? December 2007

Children
A Treatment that Follows Drug Users December 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Savoring the Brooklyn Sugar Plant December 2007

Public Finance
After the ‘Financial Emergency’ December 2007

Law
A Minor Case Changes Police Practices December 2007

Land Use
Daniel Doctoroff's Legacy December 2007

Arts
After the Theater Strike December 2007

Issue of the Week
New York Shopping: Chains and Bargains December 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Getting Paid: Debating the Council's Outside Income and Salaries December 2007

Issue of the Week
Feeding the Holiday Economy December 2007

Feature
Tackling E-Waste December 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Committee Assignments and Stipends December 2007

Immigrants
What Three Million Immigrants Do December 2007

Issue of the Week
Where The Funds Stand December 2007
Blurring the Line Between Government and Charity December 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Capping Carbon December 2007

Parks
Creating People-Friendly Streets November 2007

Technology
Will Technology Kill Privacy? November 2007

Governing
Opening the GOP Primary November 2007

Demographics
The End of ‘White Flight’? November 2007

Issue of the Week
Problems With Pigeons November 2007
New Yorkers vs. the Rat November 2007

Feature
Testing Fails the Arts November 2007
Report Cards Flunk the Clarity Test November 2007

Housing
Housing as a Human Right November 2007

Community Development
Harnessing Change in Bed-Stuy November 2007

Environment
Breathing Easier in 2030 and Beyond November 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Restricting Council Ads November 2007

Crime and Safety
The Fight Against Drunk Driving November 2007

Law
Gun Laws Confront Legal Challenges November 2007

Public Finance
Managing Billions in City Contracts November 2007

Land Use
Greening City Schoolyards November 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Stormwater Fixes November 2007

Issue of the Week
The Garbage Glut November 2007

Civil Rights
New York Plays Key Role in Fight for Transgender Rights November 2007

Children
Helping Abuse Victims Keep Their Children November 2007

Economy
Wall Street’s Binge, Workers’ Hangover November 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
November 6, 2007 General Election Results November 2007

Issue of the Week
Guide For The Last Minute Voter, 2007 General Election November 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Bagging Plastic Bags November 2007

Immigrants
Latest License Plan Angers Almost Everyone November 2007

Governing
Counting Convicts October 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Preserving Neighborhoods October 2007

Parks
Saving Arlington Marsh October 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting with a State Agenda October 2007

Technology
Censored by Verizon October 2007

Issue of the Week
College Boom October 2007

Housing
Workers Speak Out About Homeless Program October 2007

Education
Teaching Kids About Sex October 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Con Edison Rates and Reporting on Pesticides October 2007

Issue of the Week
Paying the Price for Living in New York October 2007

Environment
Good News About Asthma October 2007

Health
Grading the City's Public Hospitals October 2007

Children
Police Limit ‘Hanging Out’ October 2007

Public Finance
The Mayor Offers a Barrage of Numbers October 2007


The Mayor Offers a Barrage of Numbers October 2007

Feature
Adding Up: How Much Members Spend on Ads? October 2007

Issue of the Week
Cleaning Up New York’s Buildings October 2007

Land Use
Burial Ground Bears Witness to a Segregated City October 2007

Immigrants
Driver's Licenses for the Undocumented October 2007

Issue of the Week
Alarms for the Police October 2007
Stop and Frisk – Who's Being Searched? October 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Biking On The Boss's Dollar October 2007

Issue of the Week
A Dwindling Police Presence October 2007
A Tougher Policy on Protest October 2007
The Failure of Civilian Oversight October 2007
Policing the Police October 2007

Waterfront
Along the Shore, A Turning Point October 2007

Law
Ms. Lopez Torres Goes to Washington October 2007

Community Development
Taking Stock of New York’s Housing October 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Replacing Street Signs to Taking Recyclables October 2007

Issue of the Week
A One in Five Shot: Passing City Council Bills October 2007

Crime and Safety
A Modern Slavery October 2007

Issue of the Week
Proposed Legislation by Council Member October 2007

Public Finance
Reviewing Federal and City Tax Cuts September 2007

Law
Brooklyn Judge's Battle Reaches Washington September 2007

Technology
Earth Day for the Internet September 2007

Demographics
Feeling the Effects of a Housing Bust September 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Next Round in the Cell Phone Fight September 2007

Issue of the Week
Storm Warnings September 2007

Feature
The Catch-22 of Subsidized Day Care September 2007

Environment
How Clean (or Dirty) Is Our Air? September 2007

Parks
Replacing Parking with Parks September 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
September 18, 2007 Primary Election Results September 2007

Land Use
Making Coney Island Green September 2007


Making Coney Island Green September 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Curbing to Cutting Trees September 2007

Health
Insuring New York's Children September 2007

Issue of the Week
Guide for the Last Minute Voter September 2007

Children
New York’s Family Treatment Court September 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Rezoning Jamaica September 2007
September 2007

Immigrants
A City ID Card for All September 2007

Issue of the Week
Worrying About Wall Street September 2007
The Real Foreclosure Crisis September 2007
Will the Sub-Prime Crisis Reach Manhattan? September 2007
New York’s 'Ring of Steel' September 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Paralyzing Peeping and Blasting Explosive Regulations September 2007

Feature
A Fair Deal for The New Workforce September 2007


A Fair Deal for The New Workforce September 2007

Feature
Too Few Jobs for Youth September 2007

Public Finance
Looking at the Four-Year Financial Plan August 2007

Law
When Conviction Records Can Be Sealed August 2007

Social Services
Cash Incentives for the Poor August 2007

Feature
Lessons from Deutsche Bank August 2007
A Failure to Communicate August 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Making Room in Litter Baskets August 2007

Issue of the Week
Citizens Grading Government August 2007

Land Use
The New Battle Against Gentrification August 2007

Governing
Poll Site Access for the Disabled August 2007

Health
Aging with AIDS August 2007

Feature
State of Cycling August 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
The City Clerk – Wait, Who? August 2007

Issue of the Week
Hard Times in the Projects August 2007

Parks
Reopening the 19th Century High Bridge August 2007

Children
A Report Card from Students August 2007

Issue of the Week
Crumbling Systems August 2007

Feature
Bringing Diversity to New York Elite High Schools August 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Searchlight: Land Use and an Indicted Council Member August 2007

Civil Rights
The Legislature Acts, Doesn't Act and Reacts August 2007

Economy
Neighborhoods and the Fiscal Boom August 2007

Feature
A Divided Council Confronts Congestion Pricing August 2007

Immigrants
Immersed in English August 2007

Children
When Students Need 'Someone to Talk to' July 2007

Issue of the Week
Protecting New York's Teens July 2007
After-School Programs Lose Funds July 2007
Trying to Break the Cycle of Violence July 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Cell Phones, Yes, Markers, No July 2007

Issue of the Week
Hanging Out and Hurting Business July 2007
Taking A.C.T.I.O.N. at The Point July 2007
Police in Schools July 2007

Housing
Programs for Safer Homes July 2007

Governing
The Campaign Fundraising Begins July 2007
Candidates for Citywide And Boroughwide Office I July 2007
Candidates for Citywide And Boroughwide Office II July 2007

Issue of the Week
Compromising on Congestion and Campaign Cash July 2007

Feature
Quinn’s Rule July 2007

Land Use
Albee Square: When the Mall’s No Longer Home July 2007

Law
Guaranteeing Access to Abortion in New York July 2007

Education
Poor Grades for a School ‘Contract’ July 2007

Issue of the Week
The Brave New World of Ticket Sales July 2007

Public Finance
Mixed News in a ‘Good News’ Budget July 2007

Issue of the Week
Taking Aim at Illegal Guns July 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Clean Energy to Cough Syrup July 2007

Feature
Keeping Felons from Voting July 2007

Health
Access to the HPV Vaccine in NYC July 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
‘Imperfect’ Campaign Finance Bill Wins Approval July 2007

Feature
Moving Ahead on Immigration Reform? July 2007

Immigrants
New ID Could Cost Immigrants Their Licenses July 2007

Issue of the Week
Summer Reading: Experts Pick Their Favorite New York Books July 2007

Housing
A Tough Month for Housing Advocates June 2007

Governing
Encouraging Young New Yorkers to Vote June 2007

Transportation
Tracking and Video: Coming Soon to a Taxi Near You June 2007

Technology
Electricity, Gas – and Broadband June 2007

Feature
Dividing the Wealth: Who Gets the Council’s Discretionary Funds? June 2007

Issue of the Week
New Books About New York June 2007
Summer Reading: Best Books About New York June 2007

Feature
Who Got What June 2007

Law
Breaking Up is Hard to Do June 2007

Economy
Income Numbers Show a Changing City June 2007

Demographics
No Quick Riches for New York’s Twentysomethings June 2007

Issue of the Week
Sealed with a Kiss: The 2008 Budget June 2007

Environment
Latest Round in the Garbage Wars June 2007

Issue of the Week
Coney Island’s Summer of Reckoning June 2007

Feature
What the Campaign Finance Bill Would Do – and Not Do June 2007

Issue of the Week
Change Reaches the City’s Edge June 2007
With Pizza, Pinball and Panache, Boardwalk Vendors Face Changes June 2007

Public Finance
Questions Remain About the 2008 Budget June 2007

Children
Foster Care System Gives Parents a Bigger Role June 2007

Land Use
Atlantic Yards and the Sustainability Test June 2007

Immigrants
New Yorkers and the Immigration Bills June 2007

Issue of the Week
Education’s Difficult Stage June 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting – Street Names Sparks Heated Debate June 2007

Housing
A New Program to Fight Homelessness May 2007

Governing
Election Reform: Big Changes, Little Notice May 2007

Feature
Needed: Campaign Finance Reform May 2007

Issue of the Week
Name that Street May 2007

Parks
Grading Neighborhood Parks 2007 May 2007

Civil Rights
Co-op Disclosure Bill Stalls in Council May 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Rights in Restaurants, Banning Markers May 2007

Crime and Safety
The Move to Expand DNA Testing May 2007

Issue of the Week
Breaks for Big Business May 2007

Technology
Have Laptops Flunked the Test? May 2007

Law
Upholding the Cell Phone Ban May 2007

Economy
Behind The Low Unemployment Rate May 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Protecting Fire Fighters May 2007

Issue of the Week
Reconstructing New York’s Building Code Overhaul May 2007

Land Use
A Sustainability Test at Willets Point May 2007

Transportation
Will the Critics Kill Congestion Pricing? May 2007

Issue of the Week
Getting the Most from Congestion Pricing May 2007
Improve Transit Before Congestion Pricing May 2007
The High Costs of Driving - and Parking May 2007
Taking on the Traffic May 2007
The Hard Choices Ahead May 2007
On Energy, Consider the Alternatives May 2007
Waterfront Development or Neighborhood Displacement? May 2007
Building In The Wrong Places May 2007
Developing Brownfields The Right Way May 2007
What plaNYC Does Not Do May 2007
Making Growth Work for All New Yorkers May 2007
Passing the ‘Do-Ability’ Test May 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting City Council April 23, new bills May 2007

Feature
Data to the People May 2007

Issue of the Week
Debating a Greener Future May 2007

Public Finance
Fiscal Impacts of PlaNYC 2030 May 2007

Environment
Going Green, Saving Green May 2007

Issue of the Week
Planning for a Bigger, Greener City April 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting - Bicycle Taxis, Baseball Bats, and Budget Boom April 2007

Governing
Will Voting Reforms Discourage Minority Voting? April 2007

Housing
Predatory Lending Fuels Rise in Foreclosures April 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills: Housing Repairs and a Street Fight April 2007

Feature
Catching Up On Recycling April 2007

Parks
Protecting New York’s Wetlands April 2007

Law
Judges' Stagnant Salaries April 2007

Children
Helping Foster Children Become Better Parents April 2007

Transportation
Future of Pedicabs Remains Uncertain April 2007

Civil Rights
A Promise to Shake Up State Human Rights Division April 2007

Issue of the Week
Saving New York’s Middle Class April 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting -- Protecting "Educational Whistleblowers" April 2007

Feature
Noxious New York April 2007

Issue of the Week
Jittery Wall Street, Calm City? April 2007

Land Use
Sunnyside Fights Over What to Preserve April 2007

Immigrants
Language Barriers Silence Immigrant Tenants April 2007

Public Finance
The Many Ways to Spell ‘Tax Relief” April 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
The Council's Budget Response April 2007

Feature
A ‘Customer’ Survey for the City April 2007

Technology
Broadband Haves and Have Nots April 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting -- Maintaining Mitchell- Lama April 2007

Issue of the Week
Criminal Justice Under Eliot Spitzer April 2007

Housing
A Platform to Preserve Housing March 2007

Law
Change of Venue In the Sean Bell Case March 2007

Feature
AUXILIARY OFFICERS ASSISTANCE PLAN March 2007

Issue of the Week
Staten Island’s South Shore: Mulia, Tobacco and Tabacco March 2007
Central Brooklyn: A Not-So-Instant Replay March 2007
Staten Island’s North Shore: A Heated Three-Way Contest March 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Government on the Web, Parking, and Illegal Hotels March 2007

Crime and Safety
Auxiliary Police March 2007

Issue of the Week
Voting, Yes. Democracy, Maybe. March 2007

Public Finance
Tax Cuts For Tenants And Other Budget Debates March 2007

Demographics
Women of New York City March 2007

Issue of the Week
Government by Contract March 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Metal Bat Ban, Benefits for Domestic Patners, and Chocolate Milk March 2007

Feature
The Price of Progress? March 2007

Health
NYC V. Fast Food March 2007

Transportation
Finding A Parking Space March 2007

Social Services
Helping Young Mothers Help Their Babies and Themselves March 2007

Land Use
Atlantic Yards: A “Done Deal?” March 2007

Feature
Nightlife, Pedicabs, and the N-word March 2007

Health
In Danger: Men At Work March 2007

Issue of the Week
Breaking Ground March 2007
Putting Limits On Pay To Play February 2007

Immigrants
City Council’s First Haitian Member February 2007

Housing
Housing’s Impact: Need For New Research February 2007

Issue of the Week
Is Albany Odious? February 2007

Feature
Government's Annual Reports February 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz 2007 State of the Borough Address February 2007
Queens Borough President Helen M. Marshall 2007 State of the Borough Address February 2007
Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer 2007 State of the Borough Address February 2007
Staten Island Borough President James P. Molinaro 2007 State of the Borough Address February 2007
Bronx Borough President 2007 State of the Borough Address February 2007
Speaker Christine C. Quinn: State of the City Address: February 15, 2007 February 2007

Transportation
Sustainable Transportation for 2030 February 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Domestic Partnerships, Wetlands, and Skinny Models February 2007

Issue of the Week
Many Issues, Many Nationalities in Central Brooklyn February 2007
It’s the Development, Stupid, on Staten Island February 2007
Special City Council Elections February 2007

Feature
Confronting the Congestion Crisis February 2007

Community Development
Bigger Media, Less Local Democracy February 2007

Technology
Cell Phones To The Rescue February 2007

Public Finance
Tax-And-Spend No More February 2007

Land Use
Plan NYC 2030 February 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Do-It-Yourself Regulation: Stated Meeting 2/1/2007 February 2007

Issue of the Week
The Battle for Comptroller February 2007

Civil Rights
Where Is The Civil Rights Agenda? February 2007

Arts
Arts Funding, Transformed January 2007

Housing
The New Governor’s Mystery Agenda January 2007

Issue of the Week
2008 BUDGET: ROUND ONE January 2007

Parks
Private Partnerships For Public Parks January 2007

Governing
Voting Machine -- The Four Finalists January 2007

Children
Juvenile Injustice January 2007

Public Finance
Tax Relief, But Who's Relieved? January 2007

Education
Reorganizing the Schools (Again) January 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Bike Safety, Public Housing, Subsidized Transportation January 2007

Issue of the Week
Mayoral Agenda 2007 January 2007

Health
Charting New York’s Health January 2007

Technology
The Internet From Your Electrical Outlet January 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S 2007 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS January 2007

Transportation
Lessons From The Number 7 Train Extension January 2007

Issue of the Week
Hillary, Rudy, And George, But Not Mike ( Or So He Says) January 2007

Searchlight on City Hall
Council's First Meetings of 2007: Environmental Issues and City-Owned Buildings January 2007

Public Finance
Property Tax Reform -- NOT January 2007

Health
Health Problems Among Caribbean Immigrants January 2007

Education
Military Recruiters In High Schools January 2007

Issue of the Week
Cracking Down on Corruption January 2007

Immigrants
Drivers’ Licenses for Immigrants January 2007

Feature
Advising Spitzer January 2007

Issue of the Week
Eliot Spitzer, Governor January 2007
Governor Eliot Spitzer's Inaugural Address January 2007

Community Development
Tax Breaks For Affordable Housing December 2006

Environment
Energy-Efficient Appliances December 2006

Issue of the Week
The Big Stories That Did Not Happen in 2006 December 2006
Top 10 Stories of 2006 December 2006

Feature
Predicting The Big Stories in 2007 December 2006

Community Development
New Bills – The 421-a and Affordable Housing Debate December 2006

Housing
Housing And The Feds December 2006

Transportation
Congestion Pricing And The Future Of NYC: Addressing The Objections December 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Long Term Planning in New York City -- Challenges and Goals December 2006

Technology
Wireless And Emergency Response December 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Fake IDs, Commuter Vans, Rescue Workers December 2006
Stated Meeting – Cleaner, Accessible Taxis; Faster Lobbying Reform December 2006

Health
Twin Crises In Health Care December 2006

Feature
Tough Times for Transit Workers December 2006

Public Finance
High Revenue, Obscure Spending December 2006

Land Use
Congestion Pricing: An Incomplete Solution December 2006

Children
Cops In High Schools December 2006

Crime and Safety
50 Bullets, Many Issues December 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting: Electrical Code, Property Taxes December 2006

Immigrants
Small Schools Exclude Many Immigrants December 2006

Demographics
The Idle Rich November 2006

Technology
Smart Meters November 2006

Crime and Safety
After Prison November 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Nightlife Legislation, Tighter Agency Oversight, and Disclosure on Slavery November 2006

Issue of the Week
The Last Word in School Funding? November 2006

Arts
Artist Displacement November 2006

Issue of the Week
The Challenge of Eating Healthy November 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
The City Council Votes Itself A Raise November 2006

Parks
A Greener Governor? November 2006

Civil Rights
Civil Liberties and the Election November 2006

Public Finance
Hundreds Of Millions Of New Dollars To New York? November 2006

Housing
Looking for Government Help on Housing November 2006

Transportation
New Congress Will Move On Transportation November 2006

Feature
What Does It Mean for New York? November 2006

Issue of the Week
After The Election -- What Will Be Different Now? November 2006

Governing
The Sheriff of State Street November 2006

Social Services
New Help For the Working Poor? November 2006

Waterfront
The Staten Island Ferry Crash Three Years Later November 2006

Land Use
Obesity, Asthma, and Public Health: What Can Planners Do? November 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
2006 Election Results November 2006

Issue of the Week
Guide For The Last Minute Voter, 2006 General Election November 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills -- Pay Raises, Veterans and the Police Department, Bicycle Lanes November 2006

Issue of the Week
Contested Races November 2006
2006 New York Comptroller Candidates Grid November 2006
2006 New York Attorney General Candidates Grid November 2006
2006 New York Gubernatorial Candidates Grid November 2006

Feature
Stuyvesant Town, Queens West And The Debate Over Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses November 2006
Jane Jacobs, Robert Moses And City Planning Today November 2006

Children
Teen Court Days November 2006

Law
Legal Lexicon November 2006

Immigrants
Back In The Spotlight November 2006

Housing
Tenant Organizing For 36 Years October 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Economic Incentives, for Council Members and Businesses; City Council Stated Meeting, Oct. 25, 2006 October 2006

Parks
Yankee Stadium/Parks Exchange Underway October 2006

Crime and Safety
Bias Murder -- The Death Of Michael Sandy In Context October 2006

Issue of the Week
The Attorney General October 2006

Community Development
Business Improvement Districts October 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New Bills – Saving Middle-Income Housing and Improving Nightlife Safety October 2006

Feature
The Forgotten Attack On NYC October 2006

Technology
Municipal Television – A Clash Of Vision October 2006

Public Finance
Using City Tax Policy To Help The Working Poor October 2006

Feature
Faster Buses, Safer Cycling, Better Pedestrian Protection And Other Plans For The Future October 2006
Putting Cars Behind October 2006

Social Services
The Poverty Commission: Measuring Up? October 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Stated Meeting – Helping Low-Income Homeowners – 10/11/2006 October 2006

Issue of the Week
The Poverty Commission: Measuring Up? October 2006

Transportation
MTA Debt October 2006

Land Use
Long-Term Planning At City Hall October 2006

Feature
Can Small Stores Survive in New York? October 2006

Education
Special Ed: Needs Improvement October 2006

Civil Rights
No-Fault Divorce: Feminists Clash October 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New Council Bills -- Nightlife Safety and Property Tax Breaks October 2006

Immigrants
Hospital Communication October 2006

Issue of the Week
Green Construction October 2006

Immigrants
Good Government Speaks Many Languages October 2006

Governing
Independent Voters September 2006

Children
HIV 25 Years Later September 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting -- September 27, 2006 September 2006

Waterfront
Waterfront In Fits And Starts (And Stops) September 2006

Education
Is Homework Necessary? Also: A Truce Over Teaching Math September 2006

Feature
How the Estate Tax Helps New York September 2006

Issue of the Week
Fighting Poverty September 2006
The Many Faces of Poverty September 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills -- Commuting, Smoking, and Drinking September 2006

Housing
Housing Activists’ Fall Agenda September 2006

Issue of the Week
Housing In New York City -- Figuring Out The Big (And Little) Picture September 2006

Feature
Fast Track From Poverty? September 2006

Law
Foreign, Battered and Denied Aid Unconstitutionally September 2006

Demographics
Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, Then and Now September 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting -- September 13, 2006 September 2006
Election Results: Minor Races September 2006

Technology
Putting City Hall’s Documents Online September 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
2006 Primary Election Results September 2006

Transportation
Transit Riders – More For Work, Fewer For Fun September 2006

Health
9/11 Health: Help at Last? September 2006

Issue of the Week
Contested State Assembly Seats September 2006
Contested State Senate Seats September 2006
A Guide for the Last Minute Voter, Primary 2006 September 2006

Children
Asthma, Poverty and Pollution September 2006

Public Finance
The Mayor's Legacy: Educational Improvements and Poverty Reduction, Or Bold Budgeting and Economic Development? September 2006

Land Use
Inclusionary Zoning September 2006

Issue of the Week
9/11 + 5 September 2006

Environment
Noise In New York August 2006

Demographics
What New Yorkers Are Like Now – First Results of the American Community Survey August 2006

Law
Subway Searches August 2006

Feature
The 13th Senate District Debate August 2006

Issue of the Week
Abortion in New York City August 2006

Feature
A Low-Key Race for An Open Seat in Staten Island August 2006

Waterfront
Barging Back August 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills -- Conserving Energy, Limiting Noise August 2006

Arts
Fringe Benefits August 2006

Feature
Assembly District 22 (Flushing, etc.) Debate Transcript August 2006

Transportation
Transportation And The New Governor August 2006

Housing
The Homeless Pledge August 2006

Issue of the Week
The Homeless Pledge August 2006

Feature
Assembly District 74 Debate Transcript August 2006
Bringing the Money Back from Albany August 2006

Governing
State Races And Incumbency – How New York Is Not Connecticut August 2006

Feature
Democrats Move in on Staten Island's Republican South Shore August 2006
Ethnic Politics in Changing Flushing August 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting -- August 16, 2006 August 2006

Parks
Open Space in the Atlantic Yards Development August 2006
Open Space in the AtlanticYards Development August 2006
Open Space in the AtlanticYards Development August 2006

Civil Rights
Parades, Permits And The Right To Protest August 2006

Issue of the Week
Summer Jobs August 2006

Children
Teen Activists August 2006

Feature
Succeeding Green in Fort Greene – and Beyond August 2006
Debating Health, Education, Reform and, Yes, Atlantic Yards, in Central Brooklyn August 2006

Education
The Padlocked Playgrounds August 2006

Social Services
Single Mothers: Working, But Still Poor August 2006

Immigrants
Housing Code Enforcement in Need of Repair August 2006

Public Finance
After The Adopted Budget, Some Tinkering August 2006

Technology
The 2006 Blackout – Too Easy Just To Blame Con Edison August 2006

Issue of the Week
Funding the Parks Boom August 2006

Feature
Going Green: Three Parks Face The Future August 2006

Issue of the Week
The Aging City July 2006

Education
How Will Power Shift To The Principals? July 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills July 2006

Land Use
City’s New Waste Plan and the Neighborhoods July 2006

Issue of the Week
Taking the Public Pulse July 2006
Beyond 311: Listening to New Yorkers July 2006
What Residents Can Tell Government July 2006
The Way in San Jose July 2006
The Web Site, 311, Surveys and Focus Groups July 2006
Parents Grading Schools July 2006

Feature
Creating a Healthy Future for Harlem and New York City July 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting – July 19, 2006 July 2006

Housing
Counting The Empty Buildings July 2006

Transportation
Biking It July 2006

Parks
Community Gardens July 2006

Feature
A Public Defender's Case July 2006

Waterfront
Drowning and Rescue in New York July 2006

Public Finance
Budget Offers Little That's New July 2006

Civil Rights
Gay Marriage Ruling Highlights a Changing Court July 2006

Law
The Gay Marriage Ruling July 2006

Issue of the Week
Reforming - and Not Reforming - the Budget Process July 2006

Children
Helping Men Be Fathers July 2006

Social Services
Recreation Centers: For Members Only July 2006

Immigrants
Giving the Newest New Yorkers the Vote July 2006

Law
State Removes Statute Of Limitations For Rape Cases June 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting – June 29, 2006 June 2006

Health
Who Decides When The Patient Can't? June 2006

Environment
Off the Farm and Into the Faucet June 2006

Demographics
Hitting the 9 Million Mark June 2006

Issue of the Week
New York City's Tourism June 2006

Land Use
Zoning Versus Planning in Manhattanville June 2006

Education
Giving Principals More Control June 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills - June 13, 2006 June 2006

Housing
Rent Hikes Create Need for Special Housing June 2006

Feature
Reforming Public Authorities June 2006

Issue of the Week
Fighting Poverty and a Decade of Welfare Reform June 2006

Social Services
Every Day Is Father's Day June 2006

Waterfront
Unknown (Unused) Beaches of NYC June 2006

Transportation
Faster Buses? June 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - June 13, 2006 June 2006

Technology
Wireless Access June 2006

Issue of the Week
Salaries For Elected Officials June 2006

Feature
A Unique Time And Place June 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Non-City Income for New York City Council Members June 2006
2006 City Council Stipends June 2006

Children
Childstat June 2006

Public Finance
Building Stadiums, Losing Revenue June 2006

Governing
Enabling Voters With Disabilities? June 2006

Issue of the Week
Grading Students, Grading Schools June 2006

Immigrants
Regents Exams and English Language Learners June 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills May 2006

Environment
Harvesting the Rain May 2006

Issue of the Week
Nursing Homes And Alternatives May 2006

Feature
Conventions Create A Diverse Judiciary May 2006
Selecting the Most Qualified Judges May 2006
Giving Voters Real Choices May 2006
Picking Supreme Court Judges New York May 2006

Arts
American Idyll (For Foreign Artists)? May 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - May 24, 2006 May 2006

Social Services
Ex-Prisoners and Jobs May 2006

Housing
Rent Regulation and The Division Of Housing and Community Renewal May 2006

Children
Cell Phone Ban Angers Students May 2006

Issue of the Week
Hanging Up on Parents? May 2006

Feature
Coming Out of The Shadow May 2006
President George W. Bush's Speech on Immigration Reform May 2006

Technology
A Laptop For Every Student? May 2006

Law
Prisoners And The Right To Vote May 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills May 2006

Public Finance
2007 Executive Budget -- The Mayor Expands His Budget Powers May 2006

Transportation
Closing The Park Loop Drives To Cars? May 2006

Issue of the Week
Can Fathering Be Taught? May 2006

Feature
Fighting Pollution and High Fuel Costs May 2006

Waterfront
Greenpoint Waterfront Fire May 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - May 10, 2006 May 2006

Civil Rights
Same-Sex Marriage Showdown May 2006

Demographics
New York's Asians May 2006

Feature
Mafia: Rise, Fall and Resurgence May 2006

Issue of the Week
Drawing the Line: Redistricting and Non-Competitive Elections in New York State May 2006
Drawing the Line: Redistricting Reform May 2006

Children
Should 16-Year-Olds Have The Right To Vote? May 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills May 2006

Health
Health Insurance -- Looking For A Model May 2006

Crime and Safety
Mayor's Summit On Illegal Guns May 2006

Land Use
Jane Jacobs and New York May 2006

Issue of the Week
Running for Brooklyn’s Open Seat May 2006
U.S. Congressional District 10 – Taking On Ed Towns May 2006
New York on Capitol Hill May 2006

Immigrants
Immigrant Services And Their Funding May 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - April 26, 2006 April 2006

Technology
Job Seekers And Technology April 2006

Parks
Parks Budget For 2007 April 2006

Issue of the Week
Predicting The Unpredictable -- Planning Future Hospital Beds, Classrooms, Jail Cells Etc. April 2006

Public Finance
Brighter Budget = Unique Opportunity April 2006

Feature
The City’s Resistance to Cutting Class Size April 2006

Governing
Voting Rights Revisited April 2006

Education
Buildings, But How About Books? April 2006

Housing
Homeless Prevention Programs A Year Later April 2006

Waterfront
Dredging In New York Harbor -- Economy vs. Environment? April 2006

Issue of the Week
Residency Requirements April 2006

Transportation
Staten Island's New Decongestant Plan April 2006

Feature
Finding Space for a Million More New Yorkers April 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills April 2006

Environment
Green Is Gold (Though Not Yet In NYC) April 2006

Children
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren April 2006

Arts
How To Make It In NYC As An Artist April 2006

Feature
Harlem's Heyday April 2006

Land Use
Willets Point: A Defense April 2006

Issue of the Week
Stadiumania: Snapshots of an Obsession April 2006

Community Development
Immigrant Organizing April 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Budget Response April 2006

Demographics
Undocumented Immigrants April 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - April 5, 2006 April 2006

Law
Injured, Undocumented – And Legally Protected April 2006

Immigrants
Legalization and De-Legalization April 2006

Crime and Safety
Budget: More Cops, More Surveillance; Less Crime? April 2006

Issue of the Week
Education, Housing, Health...And The 2007 Budget April 2006

Feature
Rockefeller Drug Laws: An Ex-Prisoners View March 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
New City Council Bills March 2006

Housing
Subsidized Housing March 2006

Issue of the Week
Gay Bars March 2006
New York Nights March 2006

Feature
The Rockefeller Drug Laws: A Prosecutor’s Perspective March 2006

Civil Rights
London and NYC Compared On Surveillance, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, etc. March 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - March 22, 2006 March 2006

Health
Diabetes in NYC March 2006

Parks
Yankee Stadium Parkland Swap March 2006

Issue of the Week
Stem Cell Research: Medical Miracle or Moral Morass? March 2006

Feature
Behind the Dropout Rate March 2006

Public Finance
Hiding Behind the Numbers March 2006

Social Services
Back From Iraq March 2006

Technology
311 + 3 : Adding Social Services March 2006

Transportation
Congestion Pricing March 2006

Education
In Defense Of Big Schools March 2006

Waterfront
New York's Port, Beyond Dubai March 2006

Children
Teen Curfew? March 2006

Arts
Proposed Arts Budget, A Destabilizing Déjà Vu Dance March 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Commission for Economic Opportunity March 2006

Environment
Wind Power In NYC March 2006

Law
Divorce, New York-Style March 2006

Demographics
Transit Workers/Transit Riders; Beginning Lawyers Are Richer; 9 Million New Yorkers? March 2006

Issue of the Week
Community Board Reform March 2006

Feature
Regulating Rickshaws March 2006

Crime and Safety
Terror, Not Terrorism March 2006

Immigrants
Immigration Debate Heats Up in Senate March 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - March 1, 2006 March 2006

Governing
Instant Incumbents March 2006

Social Services
Taking On Poverty February 2006

Waterfront
Making The Old Fulton Fish Market Into Something New February 2006

Issue of the Week
2 Fultons, 2 Futures February 2006

Community Development
Redefining Economic Development February 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Quinn-ing the City Council February 2006

Arts
The Cartoon Crisis February 2006

Technology
A Library Opens In The Bronx February 2006

Land Use
Livable Streets (For People, Not Cars) February 2006

Feature
Keeping New Teachers From Dropping Out February 2006

Issue of the Week
Not-So-Special Elections February 2006
HOW CANDIDATES GET ON THE BALLOT FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION February 2006

Civil Rights
Domestic Partners Bill –- Quashed In Court February 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - February 15, 2006 February 2006

Health
A One-Two Punch To Hospitals: The Proposed Federal and State Budgets February 2006

Parks
Protecting The Park In The Parkway February 2006

Transportation
Beyond The MetroCard February 2006

Issue of the Week
Keeping Kids in School February 2006

Feature
Loving The City's Infrastructure -- And Explaining How It Works February 2006

Education
The 37 1/2-Minute Scramble February 2006

Environment
Erin Brockovich in Greenpoint February 2006

Housing
Blacklisting Tenants February 2006

Public Finance
The Mayor’s Underwhelming Budget For 2007 February 2006

Issue of the Week
The 2007 New York City Budget February 2006
The Last Dance? February 2006

Immigrants
School Translations February 2006

Governing
Five First Steps At The City Council February 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting -- February 1, 2006 February 2006

Crime and Safety
The State Of the City's Crimefighting February 2006

Arts
Space Woes January 2006

Housing
State Of The City Housing January 2006

Health
The Heroes Of 9/11 Are Getting Sick January 2006

Feature
State Of The Neighborhood January 2006

Issue of the Week
Portraits of Rebuilding January 2006

Parks
Parkstat To Fight Crime January 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2006 State of the City Address January 2006

Children
Honoring Nixzmary's Memory By Avoiding A Panicked Response January 2006

Law
Housing Court: Should Tenants Have A Guaranteed Right To Counsel? January 2006

Demographics
Teachers In NYC's Institutions Of Higher Learning January 2006

Social Services
New Medicare Prescription Drug Plan -- Off To A Bad Start January 2006

Issue of the Week
A Checkup for City Services January 2006

Feature
Spending More On Social Services Saves Money January 2006
A School Spending Plan January 2006
Keeping the Economy Growing January 2006
Highest Credit Rating In The City's History January 2006
Fiscal Forecast For New York City January 2006

fwd
Teachers In NYC's Institutions Of Higher Learning: TABLE 1 and 2 January 2006

Land Use
Yankee Stadium Without Tears January 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - January 18, 2006 January 2006
City Council Committee Assignments January 2006

Environment
Online Shopping And Its Impact On The Environment January 2006

Education
Improving School Food January 2006

Feature
Segregated Schools: Shame of The City January 2006

Issue of the Week
New York Needs a “London Plan” January 2006
Endless Traffic: Can It End? January 2006

fwd
Albany Matters January 2006

Technology
Older New Yorkers And The Internet January 2006

Transportation
Sorting Out The Transit Contract January 2006

Public Finance
Happy New Year Budget January 2006

fwd
Eye On Albany: Campaign Trail 2006 January 2006

Immigrants
The DREAM Act and Immigrant Youth January 2006

Issue of the Week
Political Agendas, 2006 January 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
District 5: Garbage Stations, Water Tunnel Shaft, and Affordable Housing January 2006
District 13: Improving Education and Reforming the Department of Buildings January 2006
District 2: Planning for a Better - And Quieter - Community January 2006
District 4: Creating Open Space and Solving Transportation Woes on the East Side January 2006

Civil Rights
Christine Quinn and Gay Rights in NYC January 2006

Feature
The Assembly Majority Response to the State of the State Address January 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting – January 4, 2006 January 2006

Feature
State of the State Governor George Pataki January 4, 2006 January 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Speaker Christine Quinn's Address to the City Council January 2006

Waterfront
Old Industrial Buildings on the East River January 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's 2006 Inaugural Address January 2006

Crime and Safety
Cop Killings -- Will The New Laws Do Any Good? January 2006

fwd
Nutcracked January 2006

Issue of the Week
Waiting For Albany January 2006

Feature
The Speaker Speaks Out January 2006

Searchlight on City Hall
Comptroller William Thompson Jr. 2006 Inaugural Address January 2006
Mayor Bloomberg’s 2006 Inaugural Address January 2006

Arts
Gifts For The Disabled: Accessibility To The Arts December 2005

Issue of the Week
Three Days In December December 2005

Demographics
Hispanics and the Ferrer Candidacy December 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - December 21, 2005 December 2005

Transportation
Transit Strike -- Negotiating For Respect December 2005

Issue of the Week
Top 10 Stories of 2005 December 2005

Feature
Coping With The Strike December 2005
Predicting the Big Stories in 2006 December 2005

Housing
Hallway Settlements In Housing Court December 2005

Transportation
A Series Of Strikes December 2005
Bracing For A Transit Strike December 2005

Environment
Bio-diesel -- petroleum with...vegetable oil December 2005

Land Use
Bronx Terminal Market And The Subverting Of The Land Use Review Process December 2005

Issue of the Week
Eminent Domain Revisited December 2005
Eminent Domain is a Tool, Not a Conspiracy December 2005
Eminent Domain Benefits Developers, Not the Public December 2005

Feature
The Need for Healthier Schools December 2005

Civil Rights
Same-Sex Marriage Loses December 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - December 8, 2005 December 2005

Waterfront
Cleaning Up The PCBs In the Hudson River December 2005

Public Finance
Good News For The Budget, For Now December 2005

Issue of the Week
Without Health Insurance December 2005

Crime and Safety
High Profile Crimes Post Election December 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - November 30, 2005 November 2005

Community Development
Community Development Television November 2005

Arts
Arts Education November 2005

Education
School Choice, School Confusion November 2005

Feature
A Boy from Brooklyn Grows Up November 2005

Issue of the Week
Measuring Miller’s City Council November 2005

Health
Bird Flu November 2005

Housing
Housing Advocacy Wins Election, With One Exception November 2005

Feature
Speaker Candidates Speak November 2005

Issue of the Week
New York's Grocery Gap November 2005

Health
Providing Fresh Food, and a Sense of Accomplishment November 2005

Civil Rights
Proposed Law Aims to Prevent Discrimination November 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - November 16, 2005 November 2005

Public Finance
Tax Reform In Bloomberg’s Second Term? November 2005

Land Use
Atlantic Yards: Through The Looking Glass November 2005

Issue of the Week
Charter Schools November 2005

Feature
Ed Koch’s Legacy November 2005

Immigrants
The Citizen November 2005

Transportation
Transportation Bond Act's Passage May Bring Other Transit Issues To The Fore November 2005

Technology
Rising Heating Costs November 2005

Governing
What Now, Mayor Bloomberg? November 2005

Feature
The Fine Print on the Ballot November 2005

Issue of the Week
Campaign 2005 General Election Guide for the Last Minute Voter November 2005
The Ballot Questions November 2005

Waterfront
Clean Enough To Swim In Again? November 2005

Demographics
Disabled in New York City; Also: Is The City Still Booming? November 2005

Social Services
A Punitive System Of Support For The Needy November 2005

Feature
Transcript of Final 2005 General Election Mayoral Debate November 2005

Crime and Safety
Gun Control And The New Federal Law Shielding Gun Manufacturers From Lawsuits November 2005

Feature
Transcript of First 2005 General Election Mayoral Debate October 2005

Governing
After Clarence Norman: Is Reform Possible? October 2005

Feature
Debating Proposition 1 October 2005
Ethics Code for Administrative Judges October 2005
Ethics Code for Administrative Judges Vote Yes October 2005
Ethics Code for Administrative Judges Vote No October 2005

Environment
Cool(er) Roofs October 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - October 27, 2005 October 2005

Housing
Subsidizing Slumlords October 2005

Issue of the Week
City Council District 4 Candidate Debate October 2005

Feature
Underfunding City University October 2005
Nursing New York City Back to Health October 2005

Issue of the Week
2005 City Council Races to Watch October 2005
City Council District 5 Candidate Debate October 2005

Health
Saving Money -- And Saving Patients -- With Technology October 2005

Arts
Is New York The Cultural Capital Of The World? October 2005

Technology
Universal Internet Access – Not Just A Campaign Theme October 2005

Land Use
Overdevelopment: Planning, Not Rezoning, Is The Answer October 2005

Issue of the Week
The Real Issues in the 2005 Mayoral Race October 2005

Transportation
Transportation Bond Act October 2005

Feature
The Transportation Bond Act: Vote No October 2005
The Transportation Bond Act: Vote Yes October 2005

Education
The School Admissions Scramble October 2005

Social Services
Hunger and Obesity In The Two New Yorks October 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - October 11, 2005 October 2005

Public Finance
Mayor’s Management Report for 2005: Thinner, Less Useful October 2005

Issue of the Week
The Fiscal Crisis After 30 Years October 2005

Immigrants
City Council Passes Bill to Establish Commission on Day Labor Centers October 2005

Civil Rights
City Strengthens Human Rights Law October 2005

Waterfront
East River Access From The Lower East Side October 2005

Demographics
Who Can Afford to Live in New York City? October 2005

Games
NYC Preservation Game October 2005

Crime and Safety
Death Penalty, NYC Style October 2005

Feature
How the Irish Built an American Icon October 2005

Issue of the Week
The NYC Preservation Game October 2005

Education
The New New Math, And Some Old Debates Renewed September 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - September 28, 2005 September 2005

Housing
Campaign 2005: Disaffection With Bloomberg Among Homeless Advocates September 2005

Issue of the Week
Hospitals in Crisis September 2005

Feature
Governors Island September 2005

Environment
Wetland Restoration in Jamaica Bay: Will Katrina Threaten Its Funding? September 2005

Crime and Safety
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform? September 2005

Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Transportation September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Parks September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Jobs September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Immigrants September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Housing September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Health September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Finance September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Environment September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Education September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Development September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Crime September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Civil Rights September 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Arts September 2005

Community Development
Campaign 2005: Real Estate Boom; Corporate Developments; Immigrant Entrepreneurs. September 2005

Social Services
Job Hunters Get Government Help At One-Stop Centers September 2005

Issue of the Week
Air Pollution September 2005

Transportation
Katrina's Wake-Up Call For New York? September 2005

Civil Rights
Human Rights Law: Will It Become An Issue In The Mayoral Campaign? September 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - September 15, 2005 September 2005

fwd
The Wonkster September 2005

Governing
Another Weird Election September 2005

fwd
Times Endorses Sam Taitt September 2005
Times Endorses Bryan Pu-Folkes September 2005
Times Endorses Darlene Mealy September 2005
Times Endorsement of James Vacca September 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Races -- Selective Newspaper Endorsements September 2005

fwd
2005 Primary Election Results September 2005
NY Times Endorses Charles Hynes September 2005
Daily News Endorsement of Robert Morgenthaus September 2005

Land Use
9/11: Will The Lessons Learned Help New Orleans? September 2005

Feature
An Elegant Old Hotel Gives New Lives to the Homeless September 2005

Issue of the Week
Campaign 2005 Primary Day: Guide for the Last Minute Voter September 2005

Arts
9/11 And ''Inappropriate Art'' September 2005

fwd
Time To Pull The Plug September 2005
Get The Picture, Governor? September 2005

Feature
Mayoral Debate Transcript - September 8, 2005 September 2005
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Public Finance
Ballot Proposal (And Candidate Suggestions) 30 Years After Near-Bankruptcy September 2005

Health
Campaign 2005: Expanding Access to Health Care September 2005

fwd
Who's Supporting Who? September 2005

Issue of the Week
Key Endorsements: C. Virginia Fields September 2005
Key Endorsements: Fernando Ferrer September 2005
Key Endorsements: Michael Bloomberg September 2005
Key Endorsements: Anthony Weiner September 2005
Key Endorsements: Gifford Miller September 2005

Feature
9/11 Plus Four September 2005

Issue of the Week
Endorsements Explained September 2005

Immigrants
Campaign 2005: Much At Stake For Immigrants September 2005

Waterfront
Campaign 2005: Three Ways The Next Mayor Could Improve The Waterfront September 2005

Social Services
Campaign 2005: Making A Difference In Jobs, Food, and Dropouts August 2005

Issue of the Week
42nd Street August 2005

Feature
The Mayoral Candidates On Parks August 2005

Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Parks August 2005

Community Development
Block Parties, Street Fairs, Street Festivals August 2005

Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Transportation August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Jobs August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Immigrants August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Housing August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Health August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Finance August 2005

Governing
Campaign 2005: Elections Themselves Are Issues August 2005

Demographics
Can NYC “Profile” Young Muslim Males? August 2005

fwd
International Freedom Center at Ground Zero -- Pro and Con August 2005

Crime and Safety
Campaign 2005: Crime Declines, Public Safety Worries Continue August 2005

Issue of the Week
Cemeteries: The End is Near August 2005

Environment
Campaign 2005: The Mayoral Candidates’ Views On Air and Water Quality, Solid Waste, and Sustainability August 2005

Feature
St. Stephen's Church -- Will It Ever Be A Landmark? August 2005
Mayoral Debate Transcript: August 21, 2005 August 2005

Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Arts August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Environment August 2005

Transportation
Campaign 2005: Democratic Mayoral Candidates’ Transportation Agendas August 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - August 17, 2005 August 2005

Feature
Mayoral Debate Among Democratic Candidates August 2005

fwd
Question On Freedom Center In Democratic Debate August 16, 2005 August 2005

Arts
Campaign 2005: Long-Term Issues Facing the Arts in NYC August 2005

Feature
NY's Ports Booming, But High Costs Of Security Are Eroding Gains August 2005

Land Use
Campaign 2005: Mayoral Candidates’ Plans On Planning August 2005

Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Development August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Crime August 2005
Mayoral Issue Grid: Civil Rights August 2005

Feature
One Family Restores A Non-Landmark Theater August 2005

Housing
Campaign 2005: Candidates Vie Over Affordable Housing And Homelessness Prevention Plans August 2005

Issue of the Week
Mayoral Issue Grid: Education August 2005
Mayoral Candidates: Grid August 2005

Public Finance
Campaign 2005: 10 Budget Choices Facing The Next Mayor August 2005

Issue of the Week
The Mayor's Money August 2005

Feature
Mayoral Debate on Poverty August 2005
Giuliani – Savior Of The City, Or Its Enemy? August 2005

Education
Campaign 2005: After Mayoral Control, Rivals Call For More Changes August 2005

Civil Rights
Campaign 2005: Civil Rights Issues Divide Bloomberg and Democratic Rivals August 2005

Issue of the Week
Mayoral Candidates: Education August 2005

Parks
Real Estate Developers Should Help Pay for Parkland August 2005

Health
Making Medicaid Cheaper August 2005

Immigrants
Interpreters at Poll Sites August 2005

Feature
Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Historic Preservation and Landmarks August 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Historic Preservation and Landmarks August 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Historic Preservation and Landmarks August 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidates on Historic Preservation and Landmarks August 2005

Immigrants
Street Vending Licenses August 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor's Testimony Before the Financial Control Board On The City's Health July 2005

Crime and Safety
Youth Justice Board -- Teenagers Studying (Not Committing) Crime July 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - July 27, 2005 July 2005

Governing
Ballot-Bumping, NYC's Bloodsport July 2005

Demographics
Upstate And Downstate – Differing Demographics, Continuing Conflicts July 2005

Issue of the Week
311'S GROWING PAINS July 2005

Feature
The Race for Public Advocate July 2005

Law
Section 8 Tenants Win The Right To Stay In Their Rent-Stabilized Apartments July 2005

Education
Setbacks and Successes for Education Councils July 2005

Environment
Hybrid Vehicles July 2005

Arts
Arts Funding 101 July 2005

Waterfront
Waterfront Slide Show July 2005

Issue of the Week
Being Borough President July 2005

Housing
Homeless Programs That Are Working, So Far July 2005

Social Services
Child Support July 2005

Transportation
Security and the NYC Subways July 2005

Land Use
Eminent Domain: What The Supreme Court Ruling Means To NYC July 2005

Public Finance
$50 Billion Budget -- A Shortsighted Use Of Surpluses July 2005

Feature
A Trust Fund For America July 2005
Think Locally, Act Regionally July 2005

Games
Budget Quiz July 2005

Civil Rights
Howard Beach Is Not Alone July 2005

Feature
Surrogate's Court And Why It Should Go July 2005

Issue of the Week
The Freedom Tower, Again July 2005

Feature
Boss Tweed July 2005

Immigrants
Immigration Reform July 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - June 30, 2005 June 2005

Parks
Recreation for Youth In Short Supply June 2005

Feature
The Citizen June 2005

Demographics
Living at Home After College June 2005

Governing
Poll Workers And Better Elections June 2005

Issue of the Week
Are New Yorkers Recyclers? A Survey of Habits and Attitudes June 2005

Environment
Recycling June 2005

Housing
The Latest Rent Increases June 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - June 23, 2005 June 2005

Arts
Audience Dissatisfaction June 2005

Education
The 2006 School Budget -- Reasons To Be Pessimistic June 2005

Community Development
Neighborhood Banking Is About To Change June 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Salaries and Stipends - 2005 June 2005

Issue of the Week
Fees June 2005

Feature
Restoration on Eldridge Street June 2005

Law
Immigrant Drivers Win A Victory June 2005

Transportation
Cell Phone Use By Drivers -- A Threat To Public Safety? June 2005

Social Services
Adult Protective Services -- A Neglected Service For Neglected People June 2005

Land Use
NASCAR, The Largest Proposed NYC Sports Stadium Of All June 2005

Games
Campaign 2005 Quiz June 2005

Issue of the Week
The Mayoral Candidates on Budgets, Taxes and Spending June 2005
The Mayoral Candidates On Housing June 2005

Feature
The Real School Security Problem June 2005

Public Finance
Budget Transparency After The West Side Stadium June 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - June 8, 2005 June 2005

Civil Rights
Civil Rights Restoration Act: Opposed by Mayor, Stalled in Council June 2005

Housing
Discrimination In Housing Is Rampant June 2005

Issue of the Week
Real Estate June 2005

Feature
The Lost Children Of Foster Care June 2005

Crime and Safety
Does Kendra's Law Work? June 2005

Immigrants
The Education Equality Act June 2005

Feature
The Citizen May 2005

Issue of the Week
Unfunded Mandates and 'Uncontrollables' May 2005

Governing
New Voting Machines May 2005

Demographics
Four Trends That Shape The City's Political Landscape May 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - May 25, 2005 May 2005

Arts
Kindred Spirits: Art And Money May 2005

Issue of the Week
Nonsmoking New York? May 2005

Feature
Charge Or Release! May 2005
Preserving Social History on Roosevelt Island May 2005

Education
Money, Class Size and Mayoral Politics May 2005

Parks
The Same Old Budget Game May 2005

Transportation
42nd Street Trolley? May 2005

Land Use
Zoning Instead of Planning in Williamsburg and Greenpoint May 2005

Feature
Opinion Roundup blog May 2005

Civil Rights
Bully Busting May 2005

Issue of the Week
Bully May 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - May 11, 2005 May 2005

Crime and Safety
Frozen Pay, Heated Rhetoric May 2005

Housing
Pushing For A Rent Freeze May 2005

Public Finance
The Mayor’s Budget Has No Big Ideas; The Council’s Does May 2005

Issue of the Week
Frequently Unasked Questions About The Budget May 2005
Caution: Budget Pitfalls Ahead May 2005

Feature
That 70's Show May 2005

Arts
Is Public Art For The Public May 2005

Education
Teaching Fellows Make Their Mark May 2005

Environment
Putting A Price On Street Trees May 2005

Feature
The Citizen May 2005

Issue of the Week
Urban Conversations: U.S. Mayors and Innovative Leadership May 2005
Hockey and Basketball Arena May 2005
Baseball Stadium May 2005
New York’s Proposed Stadiums and Arenas May 2005
Football Stadiums May 2005

Immigrants
Immigrant Family Literacy Program May 2005

Law
Seeking Asylum; Getting Deported May 2005

Waterfront
Finding Balance on the Brooklyn Waterfront April 2005

Demographics
High School Students April 2005

Technology
Is Broadband a Public Utility? A Right? April 2005

Arts
Culture and Construction April 2005

Issue of the Week
Neighborhood Activists' Toolkit April 2005

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Neighborhood Activists' Toolkit April 2005

Governing
Non-Citizen Voting April 2005

Feature
The Mayoral Candidates on Education April 2005

Land Use
The Anti-Moses And The First Community-Based Plan April 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - April 20, 2005 April 2005

Issue of the Week
Historic Preservation in NYC April 2005

Feature
Women and Work in New York City April 2005

Parks
Trees & Sidewalks Repair Program April 2005

Social Services
Bankruptcy “Reform” April 2005

Education
Cell Phone Ban; Special Ed in Middle Schools April 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - April 12, 2005 April 2005

Transportation
The State Budget’s $38.5 Billion Transportation Program April 2005

Feature
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum: Gay and Lesbian Issues April 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum: Gay and Lesbian Issues April 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum: Gay and Lesbian Issues April 2005
Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum: Gay and Lesbian Issues April 2005

Issue of the Week
Parking April 2005

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Calendar of Events April 2005

Civil Rights
Academic Freedom, Intimidation, And Mayoral Politics: The Case of Rashid Khalidi April 2005

Crime and Safety
Abandoned Babies April 2005

Public Finance
State Budget, On Time But Imperfect. Also – City Budget; City Performance April 2005

Feature
The Citizen April 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
Innovative Leadership April 2005

Games
City Laws Quiz April 2005

Environment
Taking on Carbon Dioxide In Defiance Of Bush; Also, Tracking Detectors For Carbon Monoxide April 2005

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Voting Records March 2005

Housing
Homeless Count March 2005

Governing
Another Charter Revision Commission, And Three New Ballot Proposals March 2005

Issue of the Week
AIDS In New York City March 2005

Feature
A Cop Looks Around March 2005

Demographics
New York’s Responders and Protectors March 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - March 23, 2005 March 2005

Waterfront
Waterfront Rezoning And Its Shortcomings March 2005

Law
The Jailed Juror March 2005

Issue of the Week
The Social Security Debate March 2005

Feature
NYC Jobs: A History March 2005

Transportation
Fewer Cars (Same Traffic) March 2005

Land Use
Big Projects And Bad News March 2005

Social Services
WeCARE, For New Yorkers Still On Welfare And Unable To Work March 2005

Parks
Politics Kills A Greenway March 2005

Feature
Latinos and the Mayor March 2005

Issue of the Week
NYC Term Limits Revisited March 2005

Education
Entering the Autonomy Zone; Poll on Schools March 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - March 9, 2005 March 2005

Community Development
Community Development Funding Cuts Under The New Bush Budget March 2005

Civil Rights
The Seven Year Suit; Also, Lynne Stewart’s Conviction March 2005

Feature
NYC in Fiction March 2005

Issue of the Week
The DAs Of New York March 2005

Environment
Indicting To Clean Up Newton Creek; Also, Diesel Deaths March 2005

Crime and Safety
Protecting Whistleblowers: The New York City False Claims Act March 2005

Technology
NYCMap March 2005

Immigrants
Immigrants and Driver's Licenses March 2005

Feature
The Citizen February 2005

Issue of the Week
The Crime Rate: How Low Can It Go? February 2005

Housing
Avoiding Eviction; Also, Landlords Lose A Case, Sort Of February 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller State of the City February 2005

Demographics
Who Got The Death Penalty February 2005

Feature
Helping New York's Small Businesses February 2005

Issue of the Week
Hotels in New York February 2005

Parks
The Gates And The Water Filtration Plant February 2005

Education
The Latest Round on School Funding February 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - February 16, 2005 February 2005

Social Services
After School Programs February 2005

Land Use
Not Ready for Wal-Mart February 2005

Issue of the Week
Vocational Education February 2005

Feature
Reform Is On The Way February 2005
Why Gerrymandering Must Go February 2005

Public Finance
State Debt + Federal Debt = City Budget Trouble February 2005

Civil Rights
Legalizing Gay Marriage In NYC February 2005

Issue of the Week
Facing Unemployment February 2005

Feature
My Journey With the Rockefeller Drug Laws February 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - February 2, 2005 February 2005

Law
The Case of The Youthful Offender And The Bawdy House Law February 2005

Transportation
Learning from the Subway Fire February 2005

Immigrants
Immigrant City February 2005

Crime and Safety
Home Invasion Robberies February 2005

Feature
The Citizen January 2005
"So Many Wonderful Controversies" January 2005

Issue of the Week
The 2006 New York City Budget January 2005

Demographics
Wall Street Bonus Babies January 2005

Environment
Pataki Turns Green; Tsunami Speculation January 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Committees - 2005 January 2005

Education
Real School Pests; School Funding January 2005

Housing
Repealing the Urstadt Law January 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Michael Bloomberg Testifies About Governor George Pataki's Proposed Budget January 2005
Testimony by New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller On Governor George Pataki's Proposed Budget January 2005

Governing
The First Campaign Finance Reports; Also, Preview Of 2006 January 2005

Feature
The Governor Delays and Denies January 2005
How to Spend the Money for the Schools January 2005

Issue of the Week
Auto Insurance Fraud: Driving Rates Up In Brooklyn January 2005
Insurance And Its Threats In NYC January 2005

Feature
Keep An Eye on the Money for Schools January 2005

Technology
New York’s Broadband Gaps January 2005

Transportation
Pataki's Budget January 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting Report: January 19, 2004 January 2005

Social Services
Social Service Programs Cut; Minimum Wage Raised January 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
Governor George Pataki's Remarks: 2005 Budget Address January 2005

Community Development
Evicting The Vendors From The Bed-Stuy Market January 2005

Issue of the Week
State of the City January 2005

Feature
Mayoral Candidates' Responses to Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City Address January 2005
Beyond the West Side Stadium: An Economic Growth Plan for Working People January 2005

Public Finance
Good News, Bad News January 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
Speaker Gifford Miller's Response to Mayor’s State of the City Address January 2005
2005 State of the City Address - January 2005

Civil Rights
Death Penalty January 2005

Issue of the Week
The UN and New York January 2005

Feature
Diminishing The Danger From Diesel Exhaust January 2005

Immigrants
Immigrants' Reaction To Tsunami Disaster January 2005

Crime and Safety
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform and Drug Courts January 2005

Searchlight on City Hall
State of the State, Governor George Pataki January 2005
City Council Stated Meeting - January 5, 2005 January 2005

Health
The Flu – An Ironic Season January 2005

Parks
Greenway Glitches January 2005

Feature
The Citizen January 2005
Albany Reform: Make Elections More Competitive January 2005

Issue of the Week
Will Bloomberg Be Re-Elected? January 2005
What Can Any Mayor Really Do? January 2005

Feature
Albany Reform: Start By Changing the Rules January 2005

Demographics
NEW YORK LAWYERS: A PROFILE December 2004

Feature
Campaign 2005 December 2004

Immigrants
2004: Shorter Lines, Just As Much Frustration December 2004

Education
Overcrowding Squeezes Learning; Also the Great Toilet Paper Debate December 2004

Environment
Saving Two Birds; Saving Staten Island December 2004

Issue of the Week
Top 10 Stories of 2004 December 2004

Feature
What Will the Big Stories Be in the New Year? Fifth Anniversary Edition December 2004

Arts
Has The Music Scene Died In New York? December 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - December 15, 2004 December 2004

Technology
Using Energy More Efficiently In NYC December 2004

Transportation
Should Public Funds Keep NY Waterway Alive? December 2004

Land Use
Summit Calls For Community Planning Reform December 2004

Feature
Developing Affordable Housing and Jobs December 2004
Create Conditions for Business to Thrive December 2004
Reform the Building Code December 2004
Bloomberg's Development Strategies: Who Benefits? December 2004

Issue of the Week
Online Shopping December 2004
Shopping in the City December 2004

Public Finance
A New Stadium Authority Will Add to City Budget Woes December 2004

Waterfront
Leaving The Hudson River Out Of “The Hudson Yard” Plans December 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting - December 7, 2004 December 2004

Housing
The City’s New Housing Subsidy December 2004

Feature
New Principles, Common Goals December 2004

Issue of the Week
Funding The Schools December 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
Who Is Term Limited Out of Office in 2005? December 2004

Crime and Safety
Battling Gun Violence In The Streets And In The Courts December 2004

Health
The World Trade Center Health Registry December 2004

Civil Rights
Looking On The Hopeful Side For 2005 November 2004

Technology
Put Internet Access On The Trains November 2004

Issue of the Week
Outsourcing and New York City November 2004

Feature
The Citizen November 2004
2 Columbus Circle And The Need To Preserve Preservation November 2004

Parks
Turning The High Line Elevated Railroad Into An Unconventional Park November 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
City Council Stated Meeting Report - Nov. 23 2004 November 2004

Education
Why City Students Don’t Learn Science November 2004

Issue of the Week
Can Critical Mass Negotiate a Truce? November 2004
Cycling In the City November 2004

Feature
Dance Reflects Our Common Humanity November 2004
Nothing Matters More than the Collection November 2004
A Seismic Change in Audiences Since 9/11 November 2004
New Homes for the Arts November 2004
Old Theaters Are the Best November 2004

Social Services
The Working Poor November 2004

Demographics
Bush Does Better, and Other Election Results In NYC November 2004

Transportation
Alternatives to Transit Fare Increases And Service Cuts November 2004

Feature
Debating Jobs and Economic Development November 2004

Land Use
The Filtration Plant Deal in the Bronx: Flawed Planning, Environmental Injustice November 2004

Issue of the Week
Making High Schools Smaller November 2004

Environment
Saving Oakland Lake November 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting - November 10, 2004 November 2004
New York City Council STATED MEETING - November 10, 2004 November 2004

Public Finance
Fiscal Monitors Check And Balance The Mayor November 2004

Housing
The Housing Problems Of Immigrants November 2004

Issue of the Week
What Does It Mean to New York? November 2004

Crime and Safety
Murdering Women November 2004

Issue of the Week
2004 General Election Results November 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
2004 General Election Results November 2004

Feature
The Citizen November 2004

Issue of the Week
New York City Election Day: Guide for the Last Minute Voter November 2004

Governing
New York City Election 2004 November 2004

Housing
New Programs Aim To Prevent Homelessness October 2004

Education
Student Drug Use; Also: Middle School Confusion October 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - October 27, 2004 October 2004

Community Development
Community Development Under A Kerry Administration October 2004

Issue of the Week
Looking Back at 100 October 2004
Forgetting – and Remembering – the Slocum October 2004
Times Square: 100 Years of Pleasure and Dissipation October 2004
A Century Of Subway Activism October 2004
How The Subway Shaped New York October 2004

Feature
Former Senator Guy Velella: Convicted Felon, $80,000-A-Year Public Pensioner October 2004

Issue of the Week
2004 NYC General Election State Legislature Candidates October 2004
2004 NYC General Election Judicial Races October 2004

Parks
Planting Trees For Life October 2004

Law
A Victim Of Domestic Violence Gets Fired October 2004

Technology
Tech, Art, Protest and Politics October 2004

Issue of the Week
The Waste Management Plan: Approve It, But Improve It October 2004
The Mayor's New Garbage Plan October 2004

Feature
Working Class New York: Book Club Chat October 2004

Transportation
What's Better, What's Worse During Bloomberg's Administration October 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
2004 NYC General Election State Legislature Candidates October 2004

Demographics
New York's Creative Class October 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
2004 NYC General Election Judicial Races October 2004
New York City Council STATED MEETING - October 13, 2004 October 2004

Eye on Albany
State Assembly District 22 - Flushing, Queens October 2004

Social Services
The Battle Over Social Security October 2004

Environment
The New Garbage Plan; New Worries About Flooding October 2004

Feature
Congress Acts to Protect New York's Water October 2004

Eye on Albany
State Assembly District 62 - Staten Island (South Shore) October 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
State Senate District 34 - Bronx/Westchester October 2004

Eye on Albany
State Senate District 28 - East Harlem October 2004

Land Use
Rezoning Proposals Squeeze Out Affordable Housing From Both Ends October 2004

Public Finance
The Mayor’s Management Report Skimps On Information About Education And Everything Else October 2004

Civil Rights
Equal Benefits Law; Hearing Into Police Activity During Convention; New Sexual Harassment Charges in the City Council October 2004

Feature
The Citizen October 2004

Governing
Barriers To Voter Registration October 2004

Issue of the Week
TEN WAYS THE NEXT PRESIDENT COULD HELP - OR HURT - NEW YORK CITY October 2004
Voter Registration October 2004

Crime and Safety
Strip Searches October 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 28, 2004 September 2004

Community Development
Opportunity Zones: An Empty OZ September 2004

Feature
WTC Architects September 2004

Issue of the Week
Educating All New Yorkers at CUNY September 2004
New York As College Town September 2004
The Money Crunch in Higher Education September 2004

Demographics
Portrait of Same-Sex (Married) Couples September 2004

Technology
Using The City's Lampposts For Cell Phones and Wireless Computers September 2004

Education
School Funding and the Special Masters September 2004

Social Services
The Poor Are Not Better Off September 2004

Issue of the Week
Getting to the Airport September 2004

Feature
Clearing the Air September 2004

Land Use
The Governors Island Plan: Last Chance to Get It Right? September 2004

Law
A Ban On Welfare Advocates At Welfare Centers September 2004

Crime and Safety
Police Killed With Their Own Guns September 2004

Public Finance
The Mayor's West Side Gamble September 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
NYC Primary Day 2004 - State Legislative Races September 2004

Housing
Helping Pay The Rent: Section 8 Saved; Emergency Rent Coalition Created September 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
2004 Primary Election Results September 2004

Feature
Voting Arcade September 2004

Issue of the Week
NYC Primary Day: Guide to the Last Minute Voter September 2004

Governing
Identification at the Polls September 2004

Environment
Recycling Food Waste September 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 9, 2004 September 2004

Civil Rights
The Post-Convention State of Dissent in New York September 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
2004 New York Judcial Races September 2004

Games
Voting Arcade September 2004

Transportation
Proposed Fare Increases And The Cut In City And State Aid September 2004

Issue of the Week
Ground Zero September 2004
Transportation September 2004
Economic Impact September 2004
Federal Aid September 2004
Security September 2004
Health and Environment September 2004

Feature
Reforming a Tax on the Middle Class September 2004

Issue of the Week
Three Years of Rebuilding September 2004

Feature
The Citizen August 2004

Technology
New Tech Tools For Art and Politics August 2004

Housing
Anti-Tenant Suits By The Housing Authority August 2004

Feature
Budget Dollars for the Neighborhoods: Community Development or Political Pork? August 2004

Games
Republicans in New York City Quiz August 2004

Feature
From Lincoln to Bloomberg: The GOP in NYC August 2004

Social Services
The Disabled Poor: Shut In, Out of Pocket August 2004

Parks
$243 Million For Bronx Parkland? Who Will Decide? August 2004

Health
Food Borne Illnesses August 2004

Crime and Safety
Operation Safe Housing August 2004

Issue of the Week
Trying to Clean Up New York August 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - August 12, 2004 August 2004

Public Finance
Big Trouble Ahead, Say Budget Monitors August 2004

Feature
Connecting Education and Voting August 2004

Demographics
New York City Is a Non-Voting Town August 2004

Issue of the Week
The Urban Health Challenge August 2004

Feature
Bush Housing Policies Lack August 2004
The Community Service Stigma August 2004

Environment
Urban Forestry's New York City Roots August 2004

Governing
A Broken System Stays Broken August 2004

Civil Rights
Protests; Mayor Rejects Shareholder Power; Anti-Bullying Bill Vetoed; Accessible Taxis August 2004

Education
Cloning A Charter School From Connecticut August 2004

Immigrants
No More Waiting? August 2004

Issue of the Week
NYC Newspapers August 2004
Who Owns New York's News? August 2004

Feature
The Citizen August 2004

Technology
Our Dangerous Electricity Infrastructure July 2004

Eye on Albany
July 2004
July 2004

Feature
Eye on Albany Campaign 2004 July 2004

Issue of the Week
URBAN ISSUES - POVERTY July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - MASS TRANSIT July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - IMMIGRATION July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - HOUSING July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - HEALTH CARE July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - CIVIL RIGHTS July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - EDUCATION July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - ECONOMY July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - CRIME July 2004
URBAN ISSUES - ANTI-TERRORISM July 2004
Urban Issues: Presidential Candidates and NYC July 2004

Eye on Albany
Assembly District 82 - Bronx July 2004
Assembly District 80 - Bronx July 2004
State Senate District 23 - Staten Island/Brooklyn July 2004
Assembly District 68 - Harlem July 2004

Parks
The Filtration Plant In Van Cortlandt Park July 2004

Law
Does  Physical Disability Deserve Great Insurance Coverage Than Mental Illness? July 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - July 21, 2004 July 2004

Housing
A Ministry For Affordable Housing July 2004

Eye on Albany
State Assembly District 57 - Brooklyn (Fort Greene, Prospect Heights) July 2004

Land Use
Rethinking Environmental Impact Statements July 2004

Issue of the Week
Albany’s Dysfunction July 2004

Public Finance
Small Victories, Big Questions In The New Budget July 2004

Feature
The Fight Over Manhattan’s Last Frontier July 2004

Governing
Using Republican As An Epithet July 2004

Issue of the Week
CLOGS: Campaign and Convention Weblogs July 2004

Crime and Safety
The Stolen Lives Project July 2004

Community Development
Community-Based Cooperatives July 2004

Transportation
How Disruptive Will The Convention Be? July 2004

Feature
THE PARK AND THE PEOPLE July 2004

Issue of the Week
Noise July 2004
Using 311 to Combat Neighborhood Noise July 2004

Environment
Monitoring City Beaches July 2004

Demographics
New York's Divided Afghans July 2004

Children
Daycare Workers July 2004

Education
School Trips Go Commercial July 2004

Issue of the Week
School Reforms July 2004

Immigrants
Regulating Immigration Consultants July 2004

Feature
The Citizen July 2004

Civil Rights
Council Leads on Some Civil Rights Issues, Finesses Others July 2004

Law
Freeing A Youthful Offender From His Past June 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 28, 2004 June 2004

Issue of the Week
The 2005 City Budget June 2004

Feature
Where's Our $21 Billion? June 2004

Parks
Report Card On Neighborhood Parks June 2004

Social Services
Welfare Rolls On The Rise June 2004

Feature
A Mass Rally Could Destroy the Great Lawn June 2004
Why Protestors Need the Great Lawn June 2004

Issue of the Week
Summer of Protest June 2004

Feature
The Peoples’ March June 2004
Beyond the Protest March June 2004

Technology
311, Noise, and Community Boards June 2004

Land Use
Ikea And Red Hook's Racial Divide June 2004

Transportation
The Rail Freight Tunnel June 2004

Feature
Homeland Security Funding June 2004

Games
Find Your Inner Republican June 2004

Health
Andtidepressants and Children June 2004

Demographics
Flaws In The New School Tests June 2004

Environment
Littering On Staten Island June 2004

Civil Rights
Lagging Behind In The Fight For Gay Rights June 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 7, 2004 June 2004

Housing
Rent Guidelines Board: Will It Hike The Rents? June 2004

Feature
The Republican Party's Diminishing Strength in New York June 2004
The Short-Lived GOP Revival In NYC June 2004

Children
Children and Insecticides June 2004

Education
Flaws In The High School Admission Process June 2004

Feature
The Citizen June 2004

Crime and Safety
Police Whistleblowers June 2004

Immigrants
H-1B Working Visa June 2004

Issue of the Week
Tourism and Jobs May 2004

Community Development
Mobilizing Community Concerns Against Mobile Phone Antennas May 2004

Law
Withholding Rent While On Welfare May 2004

Technology
Emergency Communications Systems And Equipment May 2004

Issue of the Week
Revisiting 9/11, Reworking 911 May 2004

Feature
Technology and Government: The Rise of the E-Citizen May 2004
Global Warming and “The Day After Tomorrow” May 2004

Transportation
Proposed Rail Link May 2004

Parks
City Parks And The Proposed Budget May 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 19, 2004 May 2004

Land Use
Residential Segregation May 2004

Social Services
Marriage Promotion Programs For Welfare Recipients May 2004

Demographics
Why Is There A Plunge In Crime? May 2004

Issue of the Week
New York Schools: Fifty Years After Brown May 2004

Feature
Keeping Ferry Service Afloat May 2004

Health
Smokers Quitting May 2004

Children
Immigrant Children’s Illnesses and Access To Health Care May 2004

Environment
Dreaming Of A Jets Stadium (And Junkyard Cleanup) In Queens May 2004

Public Finance
The Mayor’s Latest Budget: Political Expediency, Future Deficits May 2004

Issue of the Week
Republican Policies: An Insult and an Injury May 2004
A Brief History of N.Y. Republicans May 2004

Feature
May the Force Be With You May 2004

Issue of the Week
Convention Risks and Benefits May 2004

Housing
Back To The Fore? May 2004

Civil Rights
12,000 NYC Taxis; Five Are Accessible May 2004

Crime and Safety
FDNY vs. NYPD May 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 5, 2004 May 2004

Arts
Accountability For Non-Profits May 2004

Feature
The Citizen May 2004

Education
Teaching Certificates Are Tougher To Get May 2004

Immigrants
Deliverymen May 2004

Issue of the Week
TAX CUTS AND NEW YORK CITY May 2004

Children
Child Care For Welfare Recipients April 2004

Housing
Rent Overcharges April 2004

Issue of the Week
NEW YORK AND THE 9/11 COMMISSION April 2004
Ground Zero as a Political Backdrop April 2004

Feature
BUILDING TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NEXT CENTURY: WE CAN DO IT ALL April 2004

Governing
Non-Citizen Voting April 2004

Land Use
The Nets Arena Is Not The Real Issue In Development Of Downtown Brooklyn April 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - April 21, 2004 April 2004

Transportation
MetroCard Discounts April 2004

Parks
Parks Opportunity Program April 2004

Issue of the Week
In Big Projects, Where Do The Jobs Go? April 2004

Feature
NEW YORK’S REPUBLICAN VALUES April 2004
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS VS. NATIONAL REPUBLICANS April 2004

Social Services
Meals and Wheels Threatened In The Bronx April 2004

Demographics
Estimating New York City's Population April 2004

Technology
Identity Theft April 2004

Law
The Right To Marry April 2004

Immigrants
Unemployed Immigrant Tech Professionals April 2004

Feature
The Citizen April 2004

Community Development
Public Subsidies Flowing Up the West Side April 2004

Issue of the Week
Public Authorities April 2004

Environment
Recycling's Next Chapter April 2004

Public Finance
The City Council's Alternative Budget Choices April 2004

Health
“Take Care New York” New Health Program; Old Diseases April 2004

Education
Will Third Graders Learn More Now? April 2004

Feature
HELPING 9/11 RESCUE WORKERS April 2004

Crime and Safety
Questioning Police Statistics For Crime and Cases Of Misconduct April 2004

Feature
Preventing Another Stansbury April 2004

Issue of the Week
Affordable Housing in 2004 April 2004

Civil Rights
The Fast-Changing Status of Same-Sex Married Couples in New York April 2004

Arts
Another Museum Boom April 2004

Waterfront
Getting Federal Money To Improve The Port Of New York March 2004

Issue of the Week
New York's Sports Economy March 2004
Bringing the Jets Home March 2004

Law
Yes, Welfare Workers Deserve Workforce Protection March 2004

Feature
Help Small Business, Not the Wealthy March 2004

Issue of the Week
The Jets Stadium: Another Sad West Side Story March 2004

Parks
How To Make An Excellent City Park System March 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - March 24, 2004 March 2004

Governing
Voting Technology March 2004

Issue of the Week
Selling Jewelry, Spending the Night in Jail March 2004
PUSHCART WARS March 2004

Feature
Inside Tweed March 2004

Issue of the Week
Selling Hotdogs, Getting Ticketed March 2004

Immigrants
Deporting the “Bad” Immigrant March 2004

Issue of the Week
Gotham Gazette Suggests March 2004

Games
Plan Your Future Park March 2004

Social Services
No Breaks For Low Income New Yorkers; Also: Unemployment March 2004

Land Use
Long Commutes and Lost Opportunities for Planning March 2004

Demographics
The Passion for Religion Ebbs March 2004

Feature
Helping Students Before It's Too Late March 2004

Transportation
Awaiting The Fate Of City-Subsidized Private Bus Lines March 2004

Issue of the Week
The Parks Renaissance March 2004

Technology
Technology In The Schools March 2004

Environment
Taking Action On Jamaica Bay March 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - March 10, 2004 March 2004

Health
Homeless Children and Asthma March 2004

Public Finance
Budget Surplus Obscures Uncertainties March 2004

Housing
After Mitchell-Lama March 2004

Issue of the Week
Industries That Got Away March 2004

Feature
New York And Gay Marriage March 2004
Bloomberg Must Speak Up on Gay Marriage March 2004

Arts
The Arts Community Of St. George -- Hot and Homegrown March 2004

Education
Adult Education Cuts March 2004

Children
Foster Children With Mothers In Jail March 2004

Civil Rights
The Right of Religious Groups to Discriminate March 2004

Issue of the Week
A Year With Libeskind March 2004
Thinking Big Again March 2004

Crime and Safety
Aftermath of the Stansbury Killing March 2004

Feature
Helping New Yorkers Vote March 2004
Election Day Voter Registration March 2004

Waterfront
Waterfront Stories On Film February 2004

Parks
Concessions February 2004

Governing
Super Tuesday February 2004

Community Development
Grassroots Community Organizing Is Malnourished February 2004

Transportation
Taxi Fare Hike February 2004

Social Services
A Tax Shelter For The Working Poor February 2004

Feature
URBAN ISSUES - POVERTY February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - MASS TRANSIT February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - IMMIGRATION February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - HOUSING February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - HEALTH CARE February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - EDUCATION February 2004

Issue of the Week
Shooting In New York February 2004

Feature
URBAN ISSUES - CRIME February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - ANTI-TERRORISM February 2004
URBAN ISSUES - ECONOMY February 2004
Urban Issues: Presidential Candidates in NYC February 2004

Law
City Settles Discrimination Lawsuit By Black And Latino Officers February 2004

Demographics
Imprisoned In New York February 2004

Land Use
Waterfront 'Access' May Actually Keep Public Out February 2004

Immigrants
Bush's "Temporary Worker" Program February 2004

Issue of the Week
The City Budget and Labor Unions February 2004

Feature
A Minimum Wage Increase Will Hurt Small Business and the Working Poor February 2004
New York Workers Need a Raise February 2004

Environment
Sludge and Scandal February 2004

Public Finance
A Budget With No Soul February 2004

Health
Death In New York City February 2004

Civil Rights
Bill of Rights Resolution; Court Ruling On Banning Masked Demonstrators February 2004

Issue of the Week
Embracing Growth, Preserving Neighborhoods February 2004
The Overdevelopment Debate February 2004

Feature
The Governor's Misguided Health-Care Cuts February 2004

Children
Children and Pollution: School Buses, Second-Hand Smoke February 2004

Education
Ending Social Promotion, Once Again February 2004

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - February 4, 2004 February 2004

Housing
Decline In Tenant Organizers February 2004

Crime and Safety
Operation Impact And The Shooting Of Timothy Stansbury, Jr. February 2004

Feature
The Citizen February 2004

Arts
Arts Groups Look to Congress to Ease Cultural Exchanges February 2004

Feature
A Bill That Helps End Lead Poisoning February 2004

Issue of the Week
No Kill, The New Goal In Animal Control February 2004

Law
Battered Women And Their Fight To Keep Their Children January 2004

Technology
"Patriotic" Surveillance? Federal Fingerprinting Of Foreigners January 2004

Issue of the Week
The Urban Agenda January 2004

Feature
The Permanent Emergency For Homeless Families January 2004
New Rules for the Homeless January 2004

Demographics
Who Are NYC's Republicans? January 2004

Waterfront
Eight Ways To A Better Future Now January 2004

Social Services
Is Congress About To Shake Up Job Training? January 2004

Governing
Help America Vote Act January 2004

Parks
Federal Funding For City Parks January 2004

Feature
Netting The Nets January 2004
A Field of Schemes January 2004

Land Use
The Plans For Downtown Brooklyn Ignore Both People And Public Spaces January 2004

Issue of the Week
School Security January 2004

Community Development
Is Washington Looking To Get Out Of Subsidizing Low-Income Housing In NYC? January 2004

Transportation
How New Yorkers Get To Work January 2004

Public Finance
Bush Tax Cuts and New York January 2004

Environment
The Feds And Clean Air January 2004

Health
The New Medicare Law - Will It Help or Hurt? January 2004

Issue of the Week
Taxis January 2004

Feature
Graffiti 2004 January 2004

Rebuilding NYC
test January 2004

Housing
The Community Service Requirement In Public Housing January 2004

Children
The Flu; Abuse; Lead Paint January 2004

Feature
Governor George Pataki's 2004 State Of The State Address January 2004
Governor George Pataki's 2004 State of the State Address January 2004
Garden of Lights January 2004
Passages of Light: Memorial Cloud January 2004
The Chosen Memorial Design: Reflecting Absence January 2004

Education
New York's Children Left Behind? January 2004

Civil Rights
Debating the USA Patriot Act. Also: The Proposed Marriage Amendment To The Constitution January 2004

Crime and Safety
Civil Liberties And Police Surveillance January 2004

Feature
Linda Stone Davidoff, 1941-2003 January 2004

Arts
Artists' Fight To Sell On The Sidewalk January 2004

Issue of the Week
Rebuilding in 2004 January 2004
Green Buildings January 2004
The City's Issues and the Mayor's Power January 2004

Feature
The Citizen January 2004

Waterfront
The Lessons Learned In Creating Hudson River Park December 2003

Law
The Bill Of Rights Resolution December 2003

Technology
Wireless Goes Indoors December 2003

Transportation
New Subway Projects And Their Benefits December 2003

Feature
The Big Stories of 2004? December 2003

Issue of the Week
Top 10 Stories of 2003 December 2003

Parks
Crime in the Parks December 2003

Social Services
Food Stamps Not Reaching Everybody Who Deserves Them December 2003

Community Development
The “Food Justice” Movement: Trying To Break the Food Chains December 2003

Public Finance
The City Modifies Its Budget and Searches for Cash December 2003

Land Use
The Sidewalks of New York December 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - December 15, 2003 December 2003

Issue of the Week
Religion And Historic Preservation December 2003

Governing
New Campaign Financing Proposals - And Who They Benefit December 2003

Feature
The Lead Paint Bill December 2003

Health
Flu December 2003

Environment
Carbon Monoxide, The Silent Killer December 2003

Education
School Contracts: Do They Serve The Students? December 2003

Demographics
Five Hidden Facts About Housing (An Analysis Of Data From The Housing and Vacancy Survey) December 2003

Games
Breakdown December 2003

Feature
A Bridge Back Home December 2003
Reforming Foster Care December 2003

Issue of the Week
Water December 2003
Garbage December 2003
Electricity December 2003
Breakdown December 2003

Children
Domestic Violence and Family Homelessness; Also: Frightening Facts From Ferrer December 2003

Crime and Safety
After Rikers December 2003

Civil Rights
Civil Rights Bills. Also: The Effect Of Gay-Marriage Ruling on NY December 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - December 3, 2003 December 2003

Arts
Non-Union Tours of Broadway Shows December 2003

Housing
"Illegal Threes" December 2003

Immigrants
Unpatriotic Banking? December 2003

Issue of the Week
The New York Stock Exchange And Wall Street's Future December 2003

Waterfront
A New Future For The Great Port November 2003

Technology
Cell Phones: New Developments November 2003

Issue of the Week
We're Being Shut Out Of The Process November 2003
Let The Memorial Jury Do Its Work November 2003
Rethink The Type Of Memorial We Want November 2003

Law
A Case Of Rape And Murder November 2003

Issue of the Week
The Eight 9/11 Memorial Designs November 2003
Obesity And The Schools November 2003

Social Services
Advocates For The Ill November 2003

Land Use
The West Side Stadium: No Arena for Good Planning November 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
From Cop To Councilmember November 2003
New York City Council STATED MEETING - November 19, 2003 November 2003

Community Development
November 2003

Transportation
Staten Island Ferry Crash Remains A Puzzle November 2003

Parks
Three New Projects To Restore Or Build Parks November 2003

Feature
The 'Tina' Habit November 2003

Issue of the Week
Capital Budget November 2003

Feature
Nightclub Act II November 2003

Health
Mentally Ill, Chemically Addicted - And Stuck In Jail November 2003

Immigrants
The Dream Act November 2003

Environment
Stopping The Truckers From Idling At Hunts Point November 2003

Public Finance
Lessons For November 2003

Issue of the Week
Steam November 2003

Feature
Honor Andrew Haswell Green! November 2003

Issue of the Week
The Office of the Future Today November 2003

Children
After School Programs November 2003

Education
The New High Schools Admissions Process November 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - November 6, 2003 November 2003

Civil Rights
Discrimination After 9/11; Also: Bill On Domestic Partnership Benefits November 2003

Arts
The Future of the Philharmonic at Lincoln Center November 2003

Feature
2003 General Election Results November 2003

Housing
"Section 8" And The Single Landlord November 2003

Crime and Safety
Bank Robberies On the Rise November 2003

Issue of the Week
Campaign 2003 - General Election Guide to the Last Minute Voter November 2003

Feature
Campaign War Chests November 2003

Governing
Clarence Norman And Non-Partisan Elections October 2003

Environment
Siting The Power Plant at Newtown Creek October 2003

Issue of the Week
Nannies October 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - October 24, 2003 October 2003

Social Services
Proposed Changes In Welfare Reform October 2003

Arts
The Marketing Of Culture October 2003

Land Use
Variances: How To Undermine Zoning and Make a Profit October 2003

Demographics
Young, Graduated and in New York City October 2003

Feature
Making Contracts Work October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals October 2003
Guide to New York City's 2003 Ballot Proposals October 2003
The Business of Government: The Charter Commission’s Proposal to Revise the City’s System of $9 Billion in Annual Purchases October 2003

Waterfront
The Tragedy And Neglect Of The Staten Island Ferry October 2003

Issue of the Week
The Sewer System October 2003

Parks
Manhattan Greenway October 2003

Technology
Should The City Sell Its TV And Radio Stations? October 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - October 15, 2003 October 2003

Transportation
East River Bridge Tolls October 2003

Crime and Safety
The Racial Profiling Settlement October 2003

Law
The Case Of The 17-Year-Old Anti-War Protester October 2003

Issue of the Week
Troubles for Co-op City, and Middle Class Housing in NYC October 2003

Feature
Natural Gas October 2003

Health
A Push For A National Health Service? October 2003

Public Finance
Shrinking Accountability: Proposed Changes To The Mayor's Management Report October 2003

Housing
More Dilapidated Housing, Less Code Enforcement October 2003

Community Development
The Foundation Fundraising Blues October 2003

Issue of the Week
Keeping the City Running October 2003

Education
Class Size Limited By Law? October 2003

Feature
Learning from L.A. October 2003

Civil Rights
Bias Violence On Staten Island October 2003

Children
Parents Last? Also: The Lower East Side, Poor But Not Broken October 2003

Immigrants
A New Executive Order: Don't Ask, Don't Tell October 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 30, 2003 September 2003

Waterfront
Staten Island Awaits Its Turn September 2003

Issue of the Week
To Keep People In New York City, Cut Costs September 2003
Bad for Business September 2003
Fear of Terrorism September 2003
Struggling With Strollers and Schools September 2003

Arts
A National Theater at Ground Zero September 2003

Issue of the Week
A Frustrating Apartment Search September 2003
Leaving New York September 2003
To Keep People, Improve Schools And Housing September 2003

Social Services
The Gap Between Food Stamp Eligibility and Food Stamp Use September 2003

Governing
Low Voter Turnout September 2003

Parks
Adopt-A-Park September 2003

Issue of the Week
Bake Sales Are Not Enough Anymore September 2003

Feature
Suing for Gun Control September 2003

Issue of the Week
Private Money for Public Needs September 2003

Land Use
Noise Pollution: A City Planning Problem September 2003

Technology
Turning Teens Into Techies And Online Activists September 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - September 17, 2003 September 2003

Housing
Abandonment In 2003 September 2003

Transportation
A Taxi Fare Increase? September 2003

Law
Challenging A Test The Teachers Must Take September 2003

Issue of the Week
School Reforms of 2003 September 2003

Feature
What Made The Blackout Inevitable September 2003
My Own Private Blackout September 2003

Issue of the Week
Put Class Size on the Ballot September 2003

Environment
The Alarming Report About The EPA’s Response To 9/11 September 2003

Health
World Trade Center Health Registry September 2003

Public Finance
Three Actions By Governor Pataki That Dim City Budget Prospects September 2003

Issue of the Week
Rebuilding, Two Years Later September 2003

Demographics
Back To (Public and Private) School September 2003

Feature
Campaign 2003 - Primary Day: Guide to the Last Minute Voter September 2003

Education
Judging School Reform September 2003

Children
A Report On Violent Teen Relationships September 2003

Civil Rights
Employing Non-Citizens September 2003

Immigrants
New Studies About Immigrants September 2003

Issue of the Week
A Brief History of Election Law in New York September 2003
Ballot-Bumping in New York August 2003

Governing
Primary Elections, And The Ballot Proposals For November August 2003

Social Services
Summertime Unemployment. Also: Kinship Foster Care August 2003

Land Use
The Lesson Of The Blackout Is NOT More Power Plants August 2003

Feature
Citizenship and Voting August 2003

Issue of the Week
Lincoln Center August 2003

Arts
Lessons from Lincoln Center for the Ground Zero Cultural Center August 2003

Community Development
The Death of the Community Reinvestment Act August 2003

Waterfront
Will The Bountiful Triangle Return? August 2003

Parks
New Threat From Asian Long-Horned Beetle. Also: Van Cortlandt Park And The Water Filtration Plant August 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - August 19, 2003 August 2003

Issue of the Week
2003 Blackout August 2003

Technology
The Blackout Via TV; By Phone; On Blogs. Also: Only Days Left To Save .NYC August 2003

Feature
After The Blackout - Going Back To The Experts August 2003
The Power Broker Revisited August 2003
A Community Plan for Moses’ ‘Highway to Nowhere’ August 2003

Environment
Environmental Impact of Rebuilding Lower Manhattan August 2003

Demographics
Counting Drop-Outs August 2003

Transportation
Ranking The Subway Lines August 2003

Health
Obesity August 2003

Housing
The State Of Bloomberg’s Affordable Housing Plan August 2003

Issue of the Week
Firehouses August 2003

Feature
Studying How To Avoid Blackouts August 2003

Education
High School Push Outs August 2003

Issue of the Week
Judges August 2003

Public Finance
The Fiscal Monitors Assess The Budget August 2003

Civil Rights
The Harvey Milk School August 2003

Games
The Judges Game August 2003

Children
School Lunch Lack; Fixing Diesel-Fueled School Buses August 2003

Issue of the Week
The Judges Game August 2003

Immigrants
Executive Order 34 Revisited August 2003

Governing
Bloomberg’s Plunge In The Polls; Also: Committee On Vacancies July 2003

Social Services
Flaws In The Screening Process For Foster Parents July 2003

Parks
How Park Improvements Affect Community Real Estate Values July 2003

Feature
Dog Days For Summer School July 2003

Issue of the Week
City Council Campaign 2003 July 2003

Land Use
Greenpoint/Williamsburg Zoning Changes July 2003

Crime and Safety
Murder in City Hall July 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - July 23, 2003 July 2003

Community Development
The Black Organizer Blues July 2003

Education
Gearing Up For The Changes July 2003

Waterfront
The Manhattan Waterfront Greenway -- A Thin Green Line July 2003

Issue of the Week
Central Park at 150 July 2003
An Escape from Reality July 2003
Death of Seneca Village July 2003

Feature
Taking Back the Park from Crime July 2003

Issue of the Week
Birth of the Park July 2003
Dancing in the Park July 2003
Our Project for the Park July 2003

Environment
Recycling Revived July 2003

Transportation
New Projects, Same No Money July 2003

Immigrants
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride July 2003

Health
Court Overturns Current Lead-Paint Law July 2003

Games
The Tour Guides Quiz  July 2003

Issue of the Week
Resources for Tour Guides July 2003

Feature
Welfare Reform July 2003

Technology
Blogging And The City July 2003

Issue of the Week
Test Your NYC Knowledge July 2003
Testing the Tour Guides July 2003
The Tour Guides Complain July 2003

Law
When To End A Child's Life Support July 2003

Housing
New Housing Laws July 2003

Public Finance
Summing Up the 2004 Budget; Looking Ahead in Education July 2003

Demographics
The Vanishing Jews July 2003

Crime and Safety
Blackface Parodists Win In Court; Cops vs. Firefighters; Still No Dancing Allowed July 2003

Feature
The Case Against Car Alarms July 2003

Issue of the Week
Compstatmania July 2003

Children
Summer Youth Employment Program . . . Indicators of Child Well Being. . . Poverty Among Asian American Children July 2003

Arts
Arts Education July 2003

Civil Rights
Gay Rights Advances July 2003

Community Development
Trade Union/Public Housing Alliance; Reaction to Rezoning Of Brooklyn Waterfront; New Neighborhood Planning June 2003

Issue of the Week
Breaking Down the Budget Game June 2003
Dedicated Taxes June 2003

Education
The School-Funding Victory June 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 25, 2003 June 2003

Social Services
The Mayor's Plan To "Streamline" Social Services June 2003

Waterfront
Rezoning the Williamsburg and Greenpoint Waterfronts June 2003

Feature
Housing Court As Landlord Collection Agency June 2003

Issue of the Week
Ticketing Blitz? June 2003

Parks
Van Cortlandt Park And The Filtration Plant June 2003

Technology
A Plan for NYC Telecommunications June 2003

Land Use
"As-of-Right" Development: An Invitation to Ethical Breaches? June 2003

Law
Prosecuting The Batterer Without The Victim's Approval June 2003

Health
How the 2004 Budget Is Shaking Out for Health Care June 2003

Issue of the Week
No Child Left Behind June 2003

Environment
Suburban Sprawl, City Troubles June 2003

Feature
Instead of Non-Partisan Elections, Consider Some Real Reforms June 2003

Transportation
Budget Cuts In Transportation June 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 12, 2003 June 2003

Housing
The Fate Of Rent Regulation June 2003

Demographics
The Affluent Of Manhattan June 2003

Governing
Voting Rights Act June 2003

Games
Moving Around the City -- A Quiz About Transportation in New York June 2003

Issue of the Week
A Brief History of New York Transportation June 2003

Public Finance
The City Budget: Avoiding Fiscal Meltdown June 2003

Issue of the Week
City Council Transportation Legislation June 2003
Moving Around the City -- A Quiz About Transportation in New York June 2003

Feature
An Appalachian Trail Through The Heart Of NYC June 2003

Issue of the Week
New York's Fight for Transportation Dollars in Congress June 2003

Education
Mayor's Education Plan Challenged; Also: School-Funding Case Continues June 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - June 05, 2003 June 2003

Children
School Buses Can Be Dangerous to Kids' Health June 2003

Arts
A Downtown Cultural District Takes Shape June 2003

Immigrants
Trying To Protect Undocumented Immigrants June 2003

Civil Rights
Reactions to Police Killings of Unarmed Black New Yorkers. Also: Push to Repeal Patriot Act; Bishop Paul Moore June 2003

Crime and Safety
Things Go Seriously Wrong: Police Issue Report On Harlem Raid, Lemrick Nelson Gets Off Lightly, Murder Is Up Again. Also: Police Spying June 2003

Issue of the Week
The New Newcomers June 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 28, 2003 May 2003

Technology
Government-Aided Media Consolidation May 2003

Issue of the Week
NYC'S BLUE LAWS May 2003

Law
Litigation Over World Trade Center Clean-Up Payments May 2003

Feature
It Is Time For Non-Partisan Elections In NYC May 2003

Waterfront
Bickering May Lose Us Bucks May 2003

Land Use
Zoning To Kill Manufacturing, and the Assault on Greenpoint May 2003

Community Development
Legislating NIMBY May 2003

Parks
Private Report Card on Smaller Parks May 2003

Feature
Hallelujah - for Now May 2003

Transportation
Making the MTA Play Fair and Square May 2003

Issue of the Week
Sidewalk Cafés May 2003
Car-Free Parks May 2003
Dog Runs May 2003
Fighting Over Outdoor Space May 2003

Social Services
Threatened Change To HIV/AIDS Services May 2003

Education
Proposed Changes In Special Education May 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 14, 2003 May 2003

Demographics
How Different Is New York City From The United States? May 2003

Housing
Are Higher Rent Increases Justified By Rising Costs May 2003

Games
The New York City Budget Game May 2003

Issue of the Week
The New York City Budget Game May 2003

Feature
Transportation And Lower Manhattan: Where Do We Go From Here? May 2003

Issue of the Week
Albany and the City’s Budget May 2003
A New Way of Doing Business in Albany May 2003

Environment
A Letter About Lead Poisoning May 2003

Public Finance
The MTA's Funny Numbers And Smug Attitude May 2003

Health
Survey of Emotional Distress May 2003

Crime and Safety
Murder and Rape On The Rise; A Look At Nightclub Mayhem May 2003

Children
Asthma; Infant Mortality; Recruiting Foster Parents May 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - May 5, 2003 May 2003

Issue of the Week
Filling In The Potholes May 2003
Fixing a Traffic Light May 2003
Getting a Stop Sign May 2003
Dark Streets May 2003
Bus Bunching May 2003
Speed Bumps and Humps May 2003
Fixing Urban Irritants May 2003

Civil Rights
Anti-Bullying Bills. Also: Push To Post Human Rights; Same-Sex Partner As Legal Spouse May 2003

Issue of the Week
May 2003

Arts
Budget Battles In The Arts May 2003

Immigrants
Immigrant Soldiers May 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - APRIL 30, 2003 April 2003

Waterfront
Hunts Point’s Waterfront Dreams April 2003

Community Development
BAM And Its Cultural District April 2003

Issue of the Week
The MTA’s Numbers Don’t Add Up April 2003
MTA’s On the Wrong Track April 2003

Feature
NYC Subway Token, 1953-2003 April 2003

Issue of the Week
The Fare Hike Mess April 2003
NYC Subway Token, 1953-2003 April 2003
The MTA’s Numbers Don’t Add Up April 2003

Governing
The Latest On Term Limits April 2003

Land Use
Zoning To Protect Manufacturing April 2003

Issue of the Week
Mayor Bloomberg's 2004 Budget April 2003
Stop the Rhetoric – Raise the Income Tax April 2003

Feature
Transportation as Civil Rights for the Disabled April 2003

Issue of the Week
The Mayor Is Right to Go After Commuters, Albany, and Labor Unions April 2003
Evicting Bears Won't Balance the Budget April 2003

Technology
Fraud Stalls Wireless Library Project April 2003

Parks
Reviving the Filtration Plant Underneath Van Cortlandt Park April 2003

Law
Mental Health Care For Released Inmates April 2003

Social Services
Big Stakes for the Elderly in Budget Battles April 2003

Demographics
The Poor In New York City April 2003

Housing
Rent Regulation Awaits Its Fate April 2003

Issue of the Week
City Of Dissent April 2003

Feature
An Alternative to Suicide By Budget April 2003

Environment
Recycling Hangs Tough April 2003

Health
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome April 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - APRIL 9, 2003 April 2003

Children
Talking To Kids About War April 2003

Public Finance
Renters and The New Property Tax Hikes April 2003

Transportation
Responding To The Terrorist Threat April 2003

Feature
Teachers Who Quit April 2003

Issue of the Week
The State Budget and NYC April 2003

Crime and Safety
The 9/11 Killer; The Public Hearings On 9/11; Moynihan On Government Secrecy April 2003

Education
Making The List April 2003

Civil Rights
New York Coalition Formed to Defend the Bill of Rights April 2003

Arts
Cultural Diplomacy April 2003

Immigrants
New Rule For Political Asylum Seekers March 2003

Issue of the Week
Think Tanks March 2003

Governing
The Hispanic Vote; Also, New Charter Commission For Non-Partisan Elections March 2003

Waterfront
Bringing Sand to the Brooklyn Beach March 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - MARCH 26, 2003 March 2003

Law
Police Misconduct Cases - Prosecuted By Civilians, But Still Judged By Police March 2003

Feature
New York Stock Exchange Barred Al Jazeera Reporter March 2003

Social Services
Governor's Proposed Budget Bad News For Low-Income New Yorkers March 2003

Feature
HAVA Heartburn March 2003
Will Albany's Scandals Lead To Reform? March 2003

Issue of the Week
Special Registration March 2003
An Assessment Of The Threat From Al Qaeda in 2003 March 2003
Operation Atlas And The Security Of New York March 2003

Feature
A Western Expert Denies Iraqi Arson In Oil Fields -- From Al-Jazeera March 2003

Parks
Report Card On The Parks March 2003

Feature
President Bush's Speech On The Beginning Of War With Iraq March 2003

Technology
The Tech Lag In Community Boards March 2003

Land Use
New York City's Big Planning Projects: Avoiding the Public? March 2003

Demographics
Eight Million New Yorkers? Don't Count On It March 2003

Feature
Transcript of President Bush's Speech on Iraq March 2003

Education
The Governor's Proposed Budget And Its Effect On NYC Schools March 2003

Feature
The New York City Council And War March 2003

Issue of the Week
I Sell New York March 2003

Feature
Final Draft Of The City Council Anti-War Resolution
Approved March 12, 2003
March 2003
The First Draft Of City Council's Anti-War Resolution
Submitted October 22, 2002
March 2003

Environment
The City's New Spending Plan For The Environment March 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - MARCH 12, 2003 March 2003

Housing
The State Of NYC Housing, According To The Census Bureau March 2003

Public Finance
Uncertain Billions In Mayor's Budget Plan March 2003

Health
Diabetes March 2003

Transportation
The Two Dollar Fare March 2003

Issue of the Week
The Battle Over Rent Regulation March 2003
Rent Regulation March 2003

Feature
Waterfront Housing For Everyone March 2003
Critiquing The Mayor's Housing Plan March 2003

Crime and Safety
The Anti-War Protest And The Police March 2003

Civil Rights
Restricting Demonstrations March 2003

Arts
The Musicians' Strike March 2003

Immigrants
Tracking Foreign Students March 2003

Technology
Cell Phone Ban February 2003

Social Services
How Welfare Reform Affects People With Disabilities February 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - FEBRUARY 26, 2003 February 2003

Land Use
Midtown West Side Story: A Conversation With Robert Moses February 2003

Waterfront
Big-Boxed In on the Waterfront February 2003

Feature
The Individual Artists February 2003

Issue of the Week
Token Booth Closings February 2003

Parks
Turning Parkways Into Parks? Turning Trees Into Sports Fields? February 2003

Governing
Special Elections February 2003

Law
Do Welfare Workers Deserve Workplace Protection? February 2003

Transportation
Options For The Fare Increase; Bridge And Tunnel Tolls; Transportation Plans In Lower Manhattan February 2003

Environment
New Plan to Safeguard New York's Water Supply February 2003

Feature
Felons and the Right to Vote February 2003

Issue of the Week
Public Housing February 2003

Games
NYC Housing Trivia Quiz February 2003

Housing
City Takes New Approaches to Solving Homeless Problem February 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council STATED MEETING - FEBRUARY 12, 2003 February 2003

Public Finance
Preliminary Budget Seeks to Avoid Spending Cuts February 2003

Demographics
Does Archie Bunker Still Live in Queens? February 2003

Issue of the Week
The Nursing Shortage February 2003

Feature
Keeping Welfare Recipients Out of College February 2003

Health
Health Care Changes Could Hurt New York February 2003

Education
Shaking Up the School System February 2003

Crime and Safety
The District Attorney vs. the Police February 2003

Civil Rights
Controversy at the Human Right Commission February 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
State Of City Address February 2003

Arts
Who Needs Art Criticism? February 2003

Issue of the Week
Money for Rebuilding February 2003

Immigrants
The Special Registration Program February 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Stated Meeting Report January 2003

Feature
Governor Pataki's 2003 Budget Address January 2003

Issue of the Week
State Of The City - 2003 January 2003

Feature
The Pro-Life Agenda January 2003
A Pro Choice Agenda for New York City January 2003
Looking To History January 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2003 State Of The City Address January 2003

Parks
Crime, Christo and Car-free January 2003

Governing
Nonpartisan Elections And Charter Revision January 2003

Land Use
Lots Of New Plans; Any New Visions? January 2003

Issue of the Week
The Mayor’s Plan For The Schools January 2003
Making Parents Partners January 2003
Parent Engagement Boards: Five Principles January 2003
The Council's Plan January 2003

Transportation
The (Proposed) Trains To The Planes January 2003

Social Services
When Prisoners Come Home January 2003

Technology
Putting City Documents Online January 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Bloomberg's Education Reform January 2003

Issue of the Week
3 1 1 January 2003

Searchlight on City Hall
New York City Council Redistricting January 2003

Games
City Hall Quiz January 2003

Feature
2003 Economic Stimulus Plan January 2003
How Should the City Close It's $5 Billion Budget Deficit? January 2003
Bush Plan Doesn't Add Up January 2003
2003 State of the State Address January 2003

Demographics
Is There Still A New York Metropolis? January 2003

Environment
The Battles Of 2003 January 2003

Housing
Homeowner Troubles January 2003

Public Finance
Billion Dollar Questions About Next Year's Budget January 2003

Health
Smallpox Vaccine January 2003

Education
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Issue of the Week
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Civil Rights
0 January 2003

Crime and Safety
0 January 2003

Arts
0 January 2003

Issue of the Week
0 December 2002

Feature
0 December 2002

Parks
0 December 2002

Feature
Is Gangs of New York Historically Accurate? December 2002

Technology
0 December 2002

Issue of the Week
0 December 2002

Social Services
0 December 2002

Land Use
0 December 2002

Issue of the Week
0 December 2002

Searchlight on City Hall
0 December 2002
0 December 2002

Housing
0 December 2002

Feature
0 December 2002

Transportation
0 December 2002
0 December 2002

Feature
0 December 2002
0 December 2002

Searchlight on City Hall
Vision For 21st Century Lower Manhattan December 2002

Environment
0 December 2002

Searchlight on City Hall
0 December 2002

Demographics
0 December 2002

Searchlight on City Hall
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Announces Housing Plan For New York City's 21st Century Neighborhoods December 2002

Health
0 December 2002

Issue of the Week
0 December 2002

Public Finance
0 December 2002

Immigrants
0 December 2002

Education
0 December 2002

Crime and Safety
0 December 2002

Civil Rights
0 December 2002

Issue of the Week
Day Care In New York December 2002

Arts
0 December 2002

Feature
What Happened To My Middle School? November 2002

Issue of the Week
Noise Off November 2002

Searchlight on City Hall
The Bloomberg Budget - In His Own Words November 2002
Budget Modification Signed Into Law November 2002

Education
0 November 2002

Waterfront
0 November 2002

Land Use
0 November 2002

Technology
Fighting Domestic Violence With Technology November 2002

Social Services
New York City's Permanent Food Emergency November 2002

Parks
New York City's Permanent Food Emergency November 2002
Budget cuts and the parks November 2002

Housing
Possible Rise In Property Taxes (i.e. Rents); Rise In Homelessness November 2002

Health
The Brooklyn Mental Health Court November 2002

Public Finance
The Property Tax Proposal November 2002

Environment
The Elections and New York's Environment November 2002

Crime and Safety
Old Issues Are New Again: Parole, Central Park Jogger Case, Rape November 2002

Arts
Artists' Visas November 2002

Civil Rights
The New Commissioners November 2002

Transportation
Debating Transportation Priorities For Lower Manhattan November 2002

Demographics
Can The US Live Without Race? November 2002

Governing
0 November 2002

Feature
Gotham at War October 2002
Gotham at War October 2002

Issue of the Week
Cell Phones October 2002
New York City's Elderly October 2002

Feature
0 October 2002

Land Use
0 October 2002

Issue of the Week
Guide To The Mayor's Management Report October 2002

Governing
The Help America Vote Act -- The Good News and Bad News For NYC October 2002

Transportation
The Help America Vote Act -- The Good News and Bad News For NYC October 2002

Technology
NYC Schools as Hi-Tech Hubs October 2002

Social Services
Dead Broke Dads October 2002

Parks
State Protections For City Parkland October 2002

Demographics
New York's Declining Ethnics October 2002

Education
Chancellor Klein So Far October 2002

Crime and Safety
Two Heinous Crimes Unresolved October 2002

Arts
Artists And Health Insurance October 2002

Civil Rights
Discrimination at Brooklyn Eatery October 2002

Transportation
0 October 2002

Waterfront
0 October 2002

Parks
A Year After 911: The Rediscovery Of The City's Parks 9/11 Special

Crime and Safety
9/11/01-02: Are New Yorkers Any Safer? 9/11 Special

Civil Rights
Civil Liberties since 9/11 9/11 Special

Arts
Building Community 9/11 Special

Land Use
0 9/11 Special

Issue of the Week
9/11/02: Art And Culture September 2002

Land Use
0 September 2002

Governing
Cuomo Walks September 2002
9/11/01-02: Altering The Political Landscape September 2002

Technology
A Failure On 9/11, Life-Saving Innovations Afterwards September 2002

Social Services
9/11/01-02: Charity Began At Ground Zero, But Where Will It Wind Up? September 2002

Demographics
A Demographic Portrait Of The Victims In 10048 September 2002

Education
Chancellor Klein's Right-Hand Woman: Who is Diana Lam? September 2002

Crime and Safety
Police Pay: What's Fair? September 2002

Arts
The Mostly Mozart Strike: Music, Money and Maybe Better Art September 2002

Issue of the Week
How Your Council Member Voted August 2002

Feature
The Tax Whose Time Has Gone August 2002
Bringing Back The Commuter Tax August 2002

Waterfront
Wakes August 2002

Governing
How You Can Tell How They're Doing August 2002

Technology
New York City Goes Wireless August 2002

Social Services
Children In No-Parent Families August 2002

Parks
Park Escapes August 2002

Demographics
Manhattan Boom August 2002

Education
The New Chancellor August 2002

Civil Rights
Feminist Summit August 2002

Crime and Safety
Capital Punishment, Parole, And More August 2002

Arts
The Arts and Albany August 2002

Issue of the Week
Improving The Schools July 2002

Waterfront
Change and Conflict on the Brooklyn Waterfront July 2002

Governing
State Campaign Finance Reports July 2002

Technology
Why Albany Matters in NYC Tech Policy July 2002

Social Services
Albany Matters In Social Services July 2002

Parks
STATE FUNDING FOR CITY PARKS July 2002

Demographics
GOP Senate Majority Repeals Census 2000 July 2002

Games
Rebuilding NYC's Ground Zero Planner  July 2002

Education
Albany's Sway Over City Schools July 2002

Crime and Safety
Drug Law Reform Failed Again July 2002

Civil Rights
The State and Human Rights July 2002

Issue of the Week
New York City's Foreign Policy July 2002

Arts
Corporate Giving July 2002

Issue of the Week
The Rights Of Same-Sex Partners June 2002

Feature
Involvement and Accountability June 2002

Waterfront
June 2002

Governing
No To Nonpartisan Elections June 2002

Technology
The Latest on 311, Pay Phone Rate Rollback, Camera Surveillance, Hi-tech June 2002

Social Services
Welfare Reform, Round Two June 2002

Parks
Not A Swimmer's Paradise June 2002

Education
School Deals Near June 2002

Crime and Safety
Operation Spotlight, etc. June 2002

Civil Rights
The Disabled June 2002

Demographics
Changing New York City June 2002

Arts
Hollywood East? June 2002

Children
0 June 2002

Issue of the Week
Damage Control May 2002

Feature
Elect The Board Of Education May 2002
School Control May 2002
Naming for Dollars May 2002

Issue of the Week
School Building May 2002
School Building: Part 2 May 2002

Waterfront
Harbor (in)Security. Also: Harbor Events. May 2002

Governing
Scandals And Voters May 2002

Technology
Technology and 9/11 May 2002

Parks
Community Gardens; Prospect Park's Audubon Center; Brooklyn Bridge Park May 2002

Demographics
The Census Bureau's Bad Estimates May 2002

Education
Community School Boards' Uncertain Future May 2002

Crime and Safety
Back To The Bad Old Days? May 2002

Arts
Culture and the World Trade Center Site May 2002

Civil Rights
0 May 2002

Issue of the Week
New York Republicans April 2002

Waterfront
A Super Model for New York Harbor April 2002

Governing
The New Voter Identification Requirement April 2002

Technology
The City Council Gets Serious About Tech April 2002

Social Services
Child Welfare and Domestic Violence April 2002

Demographics
The Boom 1990's? April 2002

Education
To Test or Not To Test? April 2002

Crime and Safety
Aiming High-Tech, Ivy Recruitment April 2002

Civil Rights
The New Human Rights Commissioner April 2002

Children
Alternative Juvenile Court April 2002

Arts
Collaborations April 2002

Parks
Remembering 9/11. Governors Island. The Beetles. April 2002

Searchlight on City Hall
Letter From 27 City Councilmembers Calling On Speaker Gifford Miller To Raise Taxes To Pay For Children's Programs March 2002

Waterfront
Bronx River Rising March 2002

Technology
From Home To Community (Board). Dot NYC. Increased Cost of Pay Phones, March 2002

Social Services
Job Training March 2002

Parks
Central Park of Art, Beetles and Cars; First Budget Hearings on Parks March 2002

Demographics
Segregation March 2002

Crime and Safety
Cutbacks and Checkpoints March 2002

Civil Rights
Trying To Reverse the Decline Of The Human Rights Commission; Louima Convictions Overturned; The Death Of Sylvia Rivera March 2002

Arts
Funding And The Arts March 2002

Law
0 March 2002

Waterfront
New Attention From City Hall February 2002

Technology
E-Government In NYC February 2002

Social Services
When The Neighborhood Doesn't Want It February 2002

Parks
The New Parks Chief; Also, Greenways Are Good February 2002

Demographics
Non-Legal Immigrants February 2002

Crime and Safety
Crown Heights February 2002

Civil Rights
St. Patrick's Day Parade; Detention Policy Reversed; Human Rights Commission Criticized February 2002

Arts
Outlook From City Hall February 2002

Waterfront
The Waters Of The Harbor January 2002

Governing
Changes Ahead? January 2002

Technology
Is Time Warner Cable A Villain? January 2002

Social Services
The Limits of Time Limits On Welfare January 2002

Parks
A New Policy Towards Parks? January 2002

Demographics
Counting Muslims January 2002

Crime and Safety
Crime Still Declines, But Why, And Will It Continue? January 2002

Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Agendas in 2002 January 2002

Arts
Epic: An Experiment In Arts Education January 2002

Governing
The Remarkable Victory December 2001

Social Services
THE NEEDIEST. Also: City-Wide Task Force On Housing Court Still Alive December 2001

Parks
Outlook in 2002; Unfinished Business From the Giuliani Era December 2001

Crime and Safety
New And Old Police Commissioner Ray Kelly December 2001

Arts
Flailing After 9/11 December 2001

Education
0 December 2001

Issue of the Week
Flunking Schools November 2001
Higher Education, Lower Budget November 2001

Waterfront
Governors Island And The United Nations November 2001

Governing
Will Something Be Done About the Board of Elections? November 2001

Technology
10-Digit Dialing November 2001

Social Services
A Rocky Season November 2001

Parks
Open Spaces; A Million Daffodil Memorial November 2001

Crime and Safety
Police Vs. Fire November 2001

Children
Children's Services November 2001

Arts
Culture Counts November 2001

Governing
Mayoral Election October 2001

Technology
Choosing Your Power October 2001

Social Services
Administration for Children's Services October 2001

Parks
Campaign Promises For Parks In Light Of 9/11 October 2001

Crime and Safety
Making New York Safer, Not Slower and Poorer October 2001

Civil Rights
Under Assault And On The Ballot October 2001

Issue of the Week
Immigrants Under Attack October 2001

Children
Child Health Plus October 2001

Waterfront
Moving Freight On Water September 2001

Governing
A Plea For Same-Day Voter Registration September 2001

Technology
Damage And Restoration To Electricity, Phones, TV September 2001

Parks
Drawn To The Parks September 2001

Crime and Safety
Security September 2001

Civil Rights
Asian New Yorkers September 2001

Demographics
The Arab Americans In Our Midst September 2001

Arts
Heart of Brooklyn September 2001

Issue of the Week
0 August 2001
New York's Secret Tax August 2001

Governing
What Is Wrong With The Board Of Elections? August 2001

Technology
Software -- "Piracy" (Stealing) versus "Open Source" (Freebies) August 2001

Parks
Governors Island, Community Gardens, Mayors Who Actually Care About Parks August 2001

Demographics
A White City Council August 2001

Crime and Safety
Jailing Demonstrators. Also: Police-Community Relations August 2001

Civil Rights
Anti-Catholicism August 2001

Games
Gotham Gazette's Summer Quiz July 2001

Waterfront
Brooklyn Navy Yard July 2001

Governing
What Is Wrong With The Board Of Elections? July 2001

Technology
AOL-Time Warner and High-Speed Access. Also, Cell-Phone Ban. July 2001

Social Services
Suicide Prevention July 2001

Parks
Golf Course at Ferry Point Park July 2001

Demographics
Counting Gay New York July 2001

Crime and Safety
Police Potpourri: Murder, Drag Racing Down; Mayor's Dander Up; Desk Appearance Tickets Disappear; Council Speaker Swept In A Sweep; Condor Defended July 2001

Civil Rights
Transgender Rights July 2001

Children
Law Guardians for Children July 2001

Issue of the Week
Ticket Scalping June 2001

Waterfront
Blessing The Fleet June 2001

Governing
Sharpton's Endorsement June 2001

Technology
Women and Technology June 2001

Social Services
AIDS At 20: Frontline STD Clinics June 2001

Parks
Parks in the budget June 2001

Demographics
Redistricting June 2001

Crime and Safety
Marijuana June 2001

Children
Summer Jobs Threatened June 2001

Arts
Budget Shenanigans June 2001

Issue of the Week
Neighbors and Nightclubs May 2001

Waterfront
In Defense of the Port May 2001

Technology
Privacy on the Internet May 2001

Parks
Community Gardens Endangered Still. Also: Preserve Bloomingdale Woods May 2001

Demographics
Politics And The Undercount May 2001

Crime and Safety
Sanctioning Police Malpractice May 2001

Children
Foster Children Still at Risk? May 2001

Arts
Arts Budget May 2001

Issue of the Week
Not In My Backyard April 2001
Power Plant Siting April 2001

Waterfront
Who Owns the "578 Miles" of Waterfront, and How Are They Being Used? April 2001

Governing
Michael Bloomberg and the Legacy of Self-Financed Candidates April 2001

Social Services
Hanging Out April 2001

Parks
New York As Oasis: OASIS mapping, Bloomingdale Woods, Governors Island Tours April 2001

Demographics
False Facts About Census 2000 April 2001

Environment
After Fresh Kills April 2001

Crime and Safety
Presidential Pardons April 2001

Children
Child Care April 2001

Issue of the Week
The Edison Election March 2001

Games
Gotham Gazette's New York City Quiz March 2001

Issue of the Week
Youth Gangs March 2001

Waterfront
Ferries March 2001

Governing
Right for All the Wrong Reasons March 2001

Technology
Public Participation in Science and Technology Policy March 2001

Social Services
Welfare Running Out. Also, news of the poor, the old, the disabled, and March 2001

Parks
Organizing for More Green March 2001

Demographics
Eight Million New Yorkers! March 2001

Crime and Safety
Comissioner Bernard Kerik and the three priorities March 2001

Children
Attorneys For The Parents March 2001

Issue of the Week
Rockefeller Drug Law Reform February 2001
Privately Owned Public Space February 2001

Waterfront
Parks and Parking Along the Hudson February 2001

Governing
It's Still Broken February 2001

Technology
Witness, A Different Kind of Reality TV: Using video and the Internet to February 2001

Social Services
AIDS And The African-American Community; Homeless and Health February 2001

Parks
In the News: Playing hardball in Bloomingdale Woods. Also, Parks embattled by accusations February 2001

Education
The Edison Schools Controversy February 2001

Crime and Safety
Lessons and Legacy of Amadou Diallo February 2001

Children
Fostering Writers February 2001

Arts
Indecent: The New Ruckus at the Brooklyn Museum February 2001

Demographics
0 February 2001

Feature
The New York State Legislature: How Albany Controls the City January 2001

Waterfront
The Missing Marshes of Jamaica Bay January 2001

Governing
Our One-Party Town January 2001

Technology
Phone Frustrations January 2001

Social Services
In Out Of The Cold: Offering The Homeless A Warm And Safe Place To Sleep January 2001

Demographics
Census Bureau Finds 830,000 "Extra" New Yorkers January 2001

Environment
Turbine Turmoil January 2001

Land Use
Why Zoning Reform IS Important January 2001

Parks
Golf Clubbing Bronx Residents? Also: When Stadiums Win, Do Parks Lose? January 2001

Children
The Governor's Budget January 2001

Arts
The Governor's Proposed Cut in the Budget for the Arts January 2001

Issue of the Week
The Upstate-Downstate Debate December 2000

Waterfront
Light at the End of the Rail Tunnel? December 2000

Governing
What Can We Do To Fix This -- and Should We? December 2000

Technology
E-Voting December 2000

Social Services
Anti-Violence Project Urges Gays and Lesbians To Take Offense December 2000

Parks
Fees for Parks. Also: Making Parks Political December 2000

Demographics
The Census December 2000

Crime and Safety
School safety December 2000

Arts
Making Art Matter: A Plan to Redesign the Department of Cultural Affairs December 2000

Issue of the Week
Beware The Mantra Of Privatization November 2000
Going Private November 2000
School Boards November 2000
Get Out the Vote! November 2000

Technology
Election Special-The Real Tech Issues, from Privacy to Copyright to Sales Tax November 2000

Social Services
Election Special-The Missing Social Service Issues November 2000

Children
National Survey on Child Poverty November 2000

Issue of the Week
The Press October 2000

Feature
Polls October 2000

Waterfront
Election Special--The Major Local Issues, from dredging to access October 2000

Governing
Election Special--Campaign Finance: In Need of Reforms? October 2000

Parks
Election Special--THE PARKS AND THE POLS October 2000

Crime and Safety
Election Special: Who's Tougher on Crime? October 2000

Transportation
Election Special--The Transportation Bond Act October 2000

Children
Election Special--Support for Children . . . In Theory October 2000

Arts
The Arts are Apple Pie in New York, But The Candidates Have Been Silent on Specifics October 2000

Feature
Favorite Books About New York September 2000
Community Boards September 2000

Issue of the Week
The Courts of New York Explained September 2000

Feature
More Than a Cosmetic Change? September 2000

Issue of the Week
School Funding September 2000

Waterfront
In the News: A Ban on Jet Skis? September 2000

Governing
In the News: The Primaries September 2000

Social Services
Hunger In New York September 2000

Parks
In the News: Garbage Out, Parks In; Also, rating New York City's parks September 2000

Crime and Safety
Kerik's Recipe for Success September 2000

Children
The Teachers' Contract September 2000

Arts
Has New York Become the Art of the Impossible for Young Artists? September 2000

Feature
City Council Senior Class August 2000

Issue of the Week
0 August 2000

Waterfront
City Beaches: Safe for Swimming? August 2000

Governing
In The News: The Republican National Convention August 2000

Social Services
A Place for Pregnant Teenagers August 2000

Parks
Final Design for Brooklyn Waterfront Park. Also: Funding for Urban Parks August 2000

Crime and Safety
National Night Out and Community Policing August 2000

Children
The Party Platforms August 2000

Arts
Funds for the Arts Go Up, but Remain Unfair August 2000

Feature
Pest or Pet? July 2000
When Sleep Becomes Speech July 2000

Waterfront
The City's Crowded Waterways July 2000

Governing
In The News: Money Matters July 2000
Advice for Taming the Dog Days of Summer July 2000

Social Services
In the News: Violence and Youth July 2000

Parks
In the News: The War on Beetles July 2000

Crime and Safety
Red Hook Community Justice Center July 2000

Children
NYC's New Budget and Kids July 2000

Arts
Art for Politics: The Museum of Modern Art Strike July 2000

Feature
What Government Does Well/What Government Does Badly June 2000

Waterfront
In The News: Trashing the Littoral June 2000

Governing
In The News: The Lazio Effect June 2000

Social Services
In the News: Home Delivered Meals Ñ and some Human Contact June 2000

Parks
In the News: Roundup June 2000

Demographics
Census Slackers June 2000

Crime and Safety
NYPD vs. Civil Rights Commission June 2000

Children
Family Court Fiasco June 2000

Arts
Cattle Call: Summer Stampede Set for the Boroughs June 2000

Waterfront
In The News: Pier Pressure May 2000

Governing
In The News: Roundup May 2000

Social Services
In The News: AIDS Peril for People of Color May 2000

Parks
Protecting community gardens May 2000

Demographics
New Vacancy Survey Data May 2000

Crime and Safety
Stop-and-Frisk Searches May 2000

Children
Elian Gonzalez: Whatever Happened to Legal Precedent? May 2000

Arts
Board of Education Hosts Student Performers May 2000

Issue of the Week
Solid Waste April 2000
Transfer Station Siting and Community Quality of Life: The Red Hook Story April 2000
Recycling Before Exporting: Turning Garbage into Dollars April 2000

Waterfront
In The News: Waterfront Primer April 2000

Social Services
In The News: Substance Abuse Treatment for the Developmentally Disabled April 2000

Parks
In The News: Finally! The Brooklyn Bridge Park plan April 2000

Crime and Safety
Operation Condor April 2000

Children
Marisol Update: Prospects are Grim April 2000

Arts
0 April 2000

Issue of the Week
Campaign Finance March 2000

Governing
In The News: March 2000

Parks
In The News: Field of Dreams in Staten Island? March 2000

Demographics
Welfare Reform's Aftermath March 2000

Crime and Safety
DNA Redux March 2000

Children
Kids In Prison March 2000

Arts
Darkhorses Win International Competition for TKTS Booth March 2000

Issue of the Week
Civilian Complaint Review Boards February 2000

Feature
New York City Council Term Limits February 2000

Issue of the Week
Private Funding of Parks February 2000

Social Services
In The News: Community Mental Health February 2000

Parks
In The News: February 2000

Issue of the Week
Drinking Water and the Kensico Reservoir January 2000
School Vouchers January 2000

Social Services
In The News: Workplace Dangers for Immigrants January 2000

Parks
In The News: January 2000

Demographics
In The News: Looking Ahead January 2000

Crime and Safety
Repeat Offenders January 2000

Children
State of the State January 2000

Arts
"Sensation" Ruling January 2000

Issue of the Week
The Top NYC News Stories of 2000 December 1999

Governing
News Round-Up December 1999

Social Services
Domestic Violence December 1999

Parks
In The News: December 1999

Demographics
NYC's Latest Figures December 1999

Crime and Safety
City Journal December 1999

Children
Private Child Welfare Agenices December 1999

Arts
"Sensation" Debate December 1999

Governing
Waiting for a sign November 1999

Social Services
Poorer kids have more asthma November 1999

Demographics
Albanian Immigrants November 1999

Crime and Safety
What Goes In Must Come Out November 1999

Children
Better Late Than Never November 1999

Arts
No loft lost November 1999

Issue of the Week
0 September 1999
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Crime and Safety
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